Help Families Grow their Own Food in Rural Haiti

The Lambi Fund team was on the ground to evaluate the program that was to be completed in this period, but the biggest remarks made by the planters:

- The support came a little too late (those who planted earlier had more success in their garden)

- All the bean fields, which could have allowed them to collect more money, gave almost nothing in their crops (the bean is more sensitive to climate change)

- Most successful fields are in areas with high rainfall

- The most successful fields are peanut and millet fields

- Although there were problems, the program helped them a lot, especially to feed their families

So the Planters could not repay at the time that was expected because the yield they obtained did not allow them to do so properly but also because the repayment period fell at the same time as the school opening period.

The Organization reached an agreement with the Planters to extend the deadline. Today there are 4 out of 7 of the Organizations that have already been reimbursed, 3 others reimbursed 60-75%. Some Organizations have already distributed the refund money to some other planters for planting in the current planting season.

Lambi Fund supported the requests of seven organizations in the Southern Department that wanted to strengthen their food production capacity. It is a small emergency project to help these organizations deal with the serious food insecurity problem that exists particularly in the South.

This program targeted a total of 188 direct beneficiaries for a total amount estimated at 4,484,000.00 gourds. In this amount there was a small fee for the launch and follow-up of the program. Each beneficiary received between 20 and 25,000 gourds, and would have to repay the organization ¾ of the money he received after the first food production cycle so that the program could continue to roll in the organizations.

The members planted various types of crops (black beans, corn, millet, peanuts, cassava, pepper). In the majority of the fields the farmers planted 3 or 4 crops together (they say if they are not good at one, they will be good at the other).

The climatic conditions did not allow the fields to succeed as the planters had hoped. It was raining normally during the time they were planting and then it was a complete and endless drought, attributed to climate change. The success rate of the fields varies from 45 to 90% according to the area and depending on which crops planted.