(2012-02) Provisional Results of the General Census of Agriculture (RGA) for the Nord-Ouest Department
Summary — MARNDR provisional report presenting General Census of Agriculture (2008-2009) results for the Nord-Ouest department, covering agricultural holdings, land use, irrigation, crops, livestock and farmer characteristics.
Key Findings
- The census enumerated 78,090 agricultural holdings in Nord-Ouest, out of 1,053,107 nationwide. Farms are mostly small, with 20.8 percent of holdings covering a usable agricultural area (SAU) of at least 1 carreau. Maize is the leading cereal, occupying 19,488.1 carreaux, or 82.7 percent of cereal land, followed by sorghum. The departmental herd totals 430,462 head, dominated by local goats at 57.2 percent of the total.
Full Description
This provisional-results report from Haiti's Ministry of Agriculture (MARNDR) presents findings of the General Census of Agriculture (RGA) for the Nord-Ouest department, one report in a department-by-department series drawn from the 2008-2009 nationwide enumeration of 1,053,107 agricultural holdings. It reports 78,090 holdings in Nord-Ouest 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 (a herd dominated by local goats), 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