(2012-01) Provisional Results of the General Census of Agriculture (RGA) for the Grande-Anse Department
Summary — MARNDR provisional report presenting General Census of Agriculture (2008-2009) results for the Grande-Anse department, covering agricultural holdings, land tenure, irrigation, crops, livestock and farmer characteristics.
Key Findings
- The census enumerated 65,523 agricultural holdings in Grande-Anse, out of 1,053,107 nationwide. Farms are mostly small, with 22.4 percent of holdings covering a usable agricultural area (SAU) of at least 1 carreau. Men operate 51,849 holdings, or 79.1 percent of the department's total. Maize is the leading cereal, occupying 13,623.8 carreaux, or 86.7 percent of cereal land, while sorghum accounts for only 0.6 percent.
Full Description
This provisional-results report from Haiti's Ministry of Agriculture (MARNDR) presents findings of the General Census of Agriculture (RGA) for the Grande-Anse department, part of a department-by-department series drawn from the 2008-2009 nationwide enumeration of 1,053,107 agricultural holdings. It reports 65,523 holdings in Grande-Anse and describes their structure: predominantly small farms measured in carreaux (cx), land tenure and modes of faire-valoir, the share of holdings managed by women and men, and farmer literacy and demographics. Sections cover land use and cropping, with maize the leading cereal, livestock, farm labour, equipment, agricultural credit, extension and advisory services, and constraints to farm development. Extensive statistical annexes provide commune-level tables and a crop nomenclature. The census was financed by the European Union and the Haitian Treasury, with technical management by the FAO, and carried out with the IHSI, CNIGS and MICT.
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RGA provisional results, MARNDR; ayitistats wave C