Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, with 80% of the population living under the...

• Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, with 80% of the population living under the poverty line and 54% in abject poverty.

• Two-thirds of all Haitians depend on the agriculture sector, mainly small-scale subsistence farming

• Vulnerable to damage from frequent natural disasters, exacerbated by the country's widespread deforestation

Haiti

Water Supply

• Many problems surround the production, delivery and maintenance of drinkable water. All of the problems can be avoided by proper planning and strict adherence to established procedures.

• None of the water in Haiti can be considered safe. All local water supplies are likely to be infected with bacteria, viruses, and parasites which will cause numerous diseases, especially diarrhea.

• Flooding, poor hygienic and waste disposal practices will increase the contamination. Mere contact with contaminated water can cause disease through penetration of the skin by waterborne parasites.

Food Supply

• Soil erosion and deforestation are endemic in Haiti due to centuries of agricultural exploitation, first under the colonial plantation system—intensive monocropping of export commodities such as cotton, indigo, tobacco, sugarcane, and coffee—and later by the widespread harvest of timber for export markets and the expansion of peasant subsistence agriculture on marginal sloping land.

• A growing urban population and an increasing demand for charcoal and fuel wood have further stressed the environment. While rural Haiti has provided most of the nation’s revenue in the form of agriculture and natural resources, this wealth has systematically been siphoned from rural areas to the capital with little returning to the countryside in the form of infrastructure or development..

• Furthermore, political and socioeconomic instability has been a tremendous obstacle to sustainable resource management and foreign investment in conservation projects and research

Development of Plan• Development of a plan requires both a

knowledge of current conditions and a well-defined goal or set of goals.

• You must be familiar with at least one means of achieving your goal given current conditions, and hopefully aware of alternate means.

• Fluency in local language and acceptance of local custom and ethos is essential.

• Failure to establish rapport with locals is a near guarantee of failure of your endeavors.

Security

• The Plan takes cognizance of the need for the country to improve its level of Nutrition and Food Security.

The Plan

• The Plan focuses on processed food and beverage products which include processed meat and fish, ice cream, baked products, snack foods, confectionaries, milk products, processed fruits and vegetables, packaged / convenience foods and alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages.

• Globally, the Food and Beverage Industry is notable for its dynamism, competitiveness, widely diverse product ranges and the need to maintain the very highest standards of food quality and safety.

• Over time the international Food and Beverage Industry has come to consider and accept many conventions as Best Practices.

References

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti• http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107612.h

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