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Posted on Tuesday, Mar. 30, 2010

Better farming could boost Haiti

By NIALA BOODHOO

A soft rain is falling as a dozen farmers, sheltered by surrounding cacao trees, stand in a semicircle. One by one, each tells a similar story of why this year's cocoa harvest is more crucial than ever.

``We've had a lot of people come who were injured, and there are more mouths to feed,'' said Guerlains Saint-Louis, who has had eight relatives leave Port-au-Prince since the Jan. 12 earthquake to join his family of six.

So much money has been spent helping newcomers that there is none left to hire workers to prepare the 250 acres of land he and his father farm. ``As long as the rains fall, there isn't a problem.''