Haiti | Food security

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  A group of women farmers sit on the side of a dirt road in L'Estere, a rice-growing village in the Artibonite River Valley, as Nelson Salon, right, transports bags of rice. The women say the devastated rice fields has meant less purchasing power for them to cope with the rising prices of food in Haiti. Even those who have managed to harvest rice, find it difficult to sell. Of the 400,000 metric tons of rice Haiti consumes annually, the country only produces 80,000 locally on Saturday, October 20, 2012. CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Four days of consecutive rain in Petit-Goave, Haiti left Jeannita Constant's modest banana plantation under water and in ruins on Friday, October 24, 2012. The mother of three small children said the fallen trees represent "lots and lots of money lost. Life will become even more expensive." CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Four days of consecutive rain in Petit-Goave, Haiti left Jeannita Constant's modest banana plantation under water and in ruins on Friday, October 24, 2012. The mother of three small children said the fallen trees represent "lots and lots of money lost. Life will become even more expensive." CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Just days before Sandy cut a path of death and destruction in Haiti, farmer Anadieu Anatis was preparing his land to plant soygram and beans. The farmer lives in Morne Dales, an isolated rural village on the road between Port-de-Paix and Jean Rabel in Haiti's neglected northwest. on Wednesday, October 24, 2012. CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  A bird scavenges through the devastated rice paddies that dot L'Estere, Haiti's rice growing valley, where fields stand idle with overgrown weed and sun-burned stalk on Saturday, October 20, 2012. CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  A motorist crosses the gateway of L'Estere, Haiti where decreased rain fall and two storms have destroyed rice crops in towns like L'Estere, a rice-growing village in the Artibonite River Valley. The destroyed crops and increased food prices have created food security concerns in the region on Saturday, October 20, 2012. CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Just days before Sandy cut a path of death and destruction in Haiti, farmer Anadieu Anatis was preparing his land to plant soygram and beans. The farmer lives in Morne Dales, an isolated rural village on the road between Port-de-Paix and Jean Rabel in Haiti's neglected northwest. on Wednesday, October 24, 2012. CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Just days before Sandy cut a path of death and destruction in Haiti, farmer Anadieu Anatis was preparing his land to plant soygram and beans. The farmer lives in Morne Dales, an isolated rural village on the road between Port-de-Paix and Jean Rabel in Haiti's neglected northwest. on Wednesday, October 24, 2012. CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  A farmer in Haiti's Central Plateau region toils his land. The lack of modern equipment, fertilizer and other inputs makes it difficult for Haitian farmers to live off the land. Instead of farming, many have now turned to charcoal on Wednesday, October 24, 2012. CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Four days of consecutive rain in Petit-Goave, Haiti left Jeannita Constant's modest banana plantation under water and in ruins on Friday, October 24, 2012. The mother of three small children said the fallen trees represent "lots and lots of money lost. Life will become even more expensive." CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Haitian cattle farmer strolls with his cows north of the Central Plateau on Wednesday, October 24, 2012. Preliminary damage estimates from Hurricane Sandy in Haiti by the government list loss to livestock and agriculture at $104 million. The country had already registered $70 million loss from Tropical Storm Isaac in August. CARL JUSTE / MIAMI HERALD STAFF