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Roots of Haiti food crisis traced to land issues, floods, trade policy
May 16 2008, John

Although her countrymen can no longer afford the imported rice that has come to dominate their diet, Josiane Desjardin sees little hope of reviving the domestic crop that once grew abundantly in the fertile estuary of the Artibonite River.

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