Provisional Results of the General Census of Agriculture (RGA) for the Nord-Ouest Department

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 labor, 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.