Nutrition Smart Agriculture in Haiti

Nutrition Smart Agriculture (NSmartAg) in Haiti aims to simultaneously improve agriculture incomes and nutrition outcomes through specific agriculture interventions. These practices and technologies contribute to address local nutrition issues while increasing farm and/or agribusiness productivity and income. In Haiti, where malnutrition is an underlying cause of 33% of under-5 deaths and 22% of children suffer from chronic malnutrition, micronutrient deficiencies such as vitamin A, iron, folic acid, iodine and zinc particularly affect children and pregnant and lactating women. The profile identifies specific NSmartAg practices in the North, Northeast, South and West regions of Haiti for selected food groups at primary production and postharvest/processing levels. Investments in food safety regulations and infrastructure development are required to create a favorable environment for agri-food enterprise development and NSmartAg in particular.