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Boost for Haitian rice growers
Update: British agencies call for more support for Haitian farmers - 27 January 2009
See <UN Haiti appeal: British agencies call for more support for Haitian farmers - 21 November 2008
Well, no reply from Sir John Holmes, but perhaps he has taken the message on board. A revised UN Flash Appeal for Haiti was launched on 18 December 2008. It will run for a total of eight months instead of the usual six, and the amount called for has been increased from US$108m to US$127m. The original amount requested for agriculture (US$10.5m) has been increased by US$1m.
More importantly, the amount so far donated to the agriculture section has increased from US$828,000 to US$1,450,610 (the new allocation comes from France), and Canada has made a so far uncommitted pledge of US$403,000.
The latest (27th January) on the Appeal from OCHA states, "To date, only 50% of the Revised Appeal is funded. The agricultural sector is particularly under-funded (13%). More donor support is needed, including for recovery efforts, to break the cycle of vulnerability."
Charles Arthur
Haiti Support Group
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