GEO Haiti 2010

GEO HAITI • 2010
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Table 5: GDP and losses caused by disasters (million U.S. $)
Sectors
GNP (current prices)
Losses (in % GNP)
2007 2008 2007 2008
Social Sectors 46,059 53,727 2.3% 2.0%
Non-marketable services 26,575 30,999 NA NA
BTP (Buildings, Public Works) & Extractive Industries 19,484 22,728 4.3% 3.7%
Productive Sectors 166,869 194,649 7.0% 6.0%
Agriculture, breeding, silviculture
62,744 73,190 7.8% 6.7%
and fishing activities
Manufactured products and Industries 18,969 22,127 15.1% 12.9%
Commerce, Restaurants and Hotels
85,157 99,333 4.7% 3.3%
Other marketable services
Infrastructure 17,238 20,107 14.5% 12.4%
Electricity and Water 1,050 1,224 20.6% 15.3%
Transport and Communications 16,188 18,883 14.1% 12.0%
Total GNP at current prices 230,166 268,483 NA NA
Total GNP at constant prices 13,498 13,835 NA NA
Production Cost Deflator 17.1 19.4 NA NA
Source: Government of the Republic of Haiti, 2008
4.1.1 Agriculture
Although faced with water shortages and
devastating tropical storms, the country must
ensure the food supply of its population within
the context of a demographic explosion, leading
to an outrageous and widespread exploitation of
the environment and to the depletion and loss
of soil through accelerated erosion processes.
With limited means of production and inefficient
marketing channels, the agricultural production
is very low. Most farms are family-own and
concerned first with self-sufficiency. They
therefore grow grain and food crops such as
corn, rice, sorghum, beans, sweet potato, cassava,
plantain etc.
Table 6: Presentation (years 2000-2005) of the country’s production of most important
commodities
Year /
Annual Production in tons
Commodities
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Sugar cane 800,000 1,008,000 595,000 600,000 1,050,000 1,050,000
Banana 322,500 290,000 308,000 310,000 300,000 300,000
Mango 250,000 250,000 595,000 600,000 1,050,000 1,050,000
Source: MARNDR, 2006
Export crops such as coffee, mango, cocoa, sisal,
tobacco, coconuts, cotton, etc., are grown on
somewhat larger farms. However, their production
has in recent decades suffered a decline, resulting