Context
1- Context
While the right to food protects the right of all human beings to be free from hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition, in accordance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights adopted by 170 states, nearly 5 million Haitians suffer without being able to feed themselves. Faced with the inability of the Haitian State to help the most vulnerable part of the population, only local and international solidarity can facilitate the country’s exit from this chaos, through sustainable investment in agriculture. It is in this perspective that the Global Action for Holistic Development (GAHD) is developing the ”Let’s Go Farmers” project to help solve the problem of hunger in a sustainable way.
2- Goal and objectives
Based on the principle that ‘’there is no peace in the head without peace in the stomach’’, the project
aims to facilitate farmers to become financially independent and support the sustainable development of
their community. This program is intended specifically to:
• Supporting 500 farmers to exploit their arable land;
• Facilitating the irrigation and watering of the farms of project beneficiaries;
• Allowing farmers to find quality seeds; Provide techniques that enable farmers to improve the
productivity of their farms;
• Supporting planters in labor/decompaction Organize farmers to facilitate the processing and
marketing of their food products;
• Facilitating the development of community activities likely to improve the financial independence
of farmers and their families.
3- Intervention area
Let’s Go Farmers project will support farmers in the north part of Haiti, especially in the North, Northeast and Plateau Central departments.
4- Project duration
The Let’s Go Farmers project will be executed over a period of five (5) years starting by July 2024
5- Main axes of the project
Let’s Go Farmers has three (3) main axes: Technical training and supervision (1), support for the
processing and marketing of foodstuffs (2), community organization and sustainable development (3).
Activities to perform in the project
• Hiring agricultural technicians and social workers to take in charge the technical training,
community mobilization and technical support to farmers and their families.
• Developing material for technical agricultural training and social awareness.
• Purchase of equipment essential for cultivation and irrigation of land
• Seed distribution, support for harvesting, preserving, processing, and marketing of food products.