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Food Security Issues In Haiti

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Haiti is located in the West Indies, found in the western part of the island Hispaniola, which it also shares with the Dominican republic. It covers an area of 27 750 sq kms, two thirds of which are mountainous and the remaining land either coastal plain or river valley.
Once densely covered by forest the country is now largely deforested, which has also contributed to soil erosion problems and destroyed land. Haiti 's climate is mostly tropical, high humidity and generally hot...

Discussion of the food security issue:
With a population of over 10.465 million Haiti is a self sufficient country but due to its location it experiences regular natural disasters that can cause devastation, destroying crops and the countries food sources. The main

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