Haiti Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Agriculture=== {{Further|Agriculture in Haiti}} [[File:Amid rows of cabbage, Haiti.jpg|thumb|Rows of cabbage, Haiti]] Haiti is the world's leading producer of [[Chrysopogon zizanioides|vetiver]], a root plant used to make luxury perfumes, essential oils and fragrances, providing for half the world's supply.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tradeforum.org/Frager-Haiti-shortening-the-perfume-chain-to-become-world-number-one/ |title=Frager, Haiti: shortening the perfume chain to become world number one |editor1=International Trade Centre |editor2=International Trade Forum |access-date=12 April 2015 |archive-date=12 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912133256/https://www.tradeforum.org/Frager-Haiti-shortening-the-perfume-chain-to-become-world-number-one/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/mar/04/chanel-perfume-legislation-guerlain-loreal |title=Perfume manufacturers must cope with the scarcity of precious supplies |work=The Guardian |date=4 March 2014 |access-date=12 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.fida-pch.org/index.php?p=stories.View&story=11 |title=FEATURE-Perfumers promote fair trade for Haiti's 'super-crop' |last=Adams |first= David |date=24 April 2014 |work=Reuters UK |access-date=12 April 2015}}</ref> Roughly 40β50% of Haitians work in the agricultural sector.<ref name="CIA World Factbook β Haiti"/><ref name="feedh" /> However, according to soil surveys by the United States Department of Agriculture in the early 1980s, only 11.3 percent of the land was highly suitable for crops. Haiti relies upon imports for half its food needs and 80% of its rice.<ref name="feedh">{{cite news |title=Feeding Haiti: A new menu |url=https://www.economist.com/news/americas/21579875-government-tries-load-up-plates-poorest-people-americas-new-menu | newspaper = [[The Economist]] |access-date=24 July 2013 |date=22 June 2013}}</ref> Haiti exports crops such as [[mango]]es, [[cocoa bean|cacao]], [[coffee]], [[papaya]]s, [[mahogany]] nuts, [[spinach]], and [[watercress]].<ref name="ute.gouv.ht">{{cite web|url=http://www.ute.gouv.ht/caracol/images/stories/docs/environmental%20assessment%20of%20the%20usaidhaiti%20north%20park%20power%20project.pdf |title=Environmental Accessment of the USAID/Haiti North Park Power Project |page=23 |publisher=USAID |year=2011 |access-date=20 April 2015}}</ref> Agricultural products constitute 6% of all exports.<ref name="ammart" /> In addition, local agricultural products include [[maize]], [[beans]], [[cassava]], [[sweet potato]], [[peanut]]s, [[pistachio]]s, [[banana]]s, [[millet]], [[pigeon pea]]s, sugarcane, [[rice]], [[sorghum]], and [[wood]].<ref name="ute.gouv.ht" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indexmundi.com/haiti/economy_profile.html|title=Haiti Economy Profile 2016|access-date=14 December 2016}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page