The Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development, informs the general public and planters in particular, that it will conduct a National Survey of Agricultural Production, for the spring 2018 campaign, from November to December 2018 throughout the national territory.

This survey, carried out with the financial support of the Haitian Government, the Food Security Thematic Program of the European Union, will be carried out by the Agricultural and Computer Statistics Unit (USAI) which will be assisted in the field by the Departmental cells of Departmental Directorates Agricultural Statistics.

It will enable the Ministry to collect reliable data on the production of the main crops, the areas sown, the seeds planted, the breeding of the main animal species and the production of eggs, milk and honey.

The survey will start on October 23rd through training in the 10 departments, field agents (supervisors and investigators).

The collection of information will last about 3 weeks.

The preliminary results of this survey will be available in December and the final report will be presented in January 2019. This data will be used by the State, NGOs, international organizations, universities, associations, cooperatives, groups and planters for better decisions on policies, strategies and interventions in the development of the agricultural and rural sectors.

HL/ HaitiLibre