Haiti - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture

This country note briefly summarizes information relevant to both climate change and agriculture in Haiti, with focus on policy developments (including action plans and programs) and institutional make-up. Haiti has submitted its National Adaptation Plan of Action to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Land use change and forestry are the largest contributors to green house gas (GHG) emissions in the country. The emission reduction potential is large and unexplored. Agriculture is highly vulnerable to extreme weather events, this coupled with problems of severe land degradation and poverty in the country. A greater emphasis on developing and applying adequate insurance mechanisms can be placed for better management of public resources in light of natural disasters in the agriculture sector.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2009-12
Subjects:	ADVERSE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, AFFORESTATION, AFFORESTATION EFFORTS, AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE, AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE, AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, AGROFORESTRY, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, ARABLE LAND, BANANA PLANTATIONS, BIODIVERSITY, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, CALCULATION, CARBON, CARBON DIOXIDE, CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS, CARBON TRADING, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE DATA, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS, CLIMATE EVENTS, CLIMATE RISK, CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT, CLIMATE RISKS, CLIMATE-CHANGE, CLIMATIC CHANGES, CO2, CULTIVATED LAND, CULTIVATION, DAMAGES, DEFORESTATION, DEFORESTATION RATE, DESERTIFICATION, DNA, DROUGHT, DROUGHTS, ECONOMIC IMPACT, EMISSION, EMISSION REDUCTION, EMISSION REDUCTION POTENTIAL, EMISSION REDUCTIONS, EMISSIONS, EMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTURE, EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS, ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY, EROSION, EXTREME WEATHER, EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS, FERTILIZATION, FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS, FINANCIAL MECHANISMS, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FISHERIES, FLOODS, FOREST, FOREST MANAGEMENT, FOREST RESOURCES, FORESTRY, FORESTRY PROJECTS, FORESTRY SECTOR, FORESTS, FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, FRESH WATER, FUEL, GAS EMISSIONS, GHG, GREEN HOUSE GAS, HURRICANE, HURRICANES, IMPACT OF CLIMATE, IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTURE, IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, INCOME, INFORMATION ON CLIMATE, INFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, INFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS, INSURANCE, INSURANCE INSTRUMENTS, INSURANCE MARKET, INSURANCE MECHANISMS, INTENSE DEFORESTATION ACTIVITIES, INTENSE RAINFALL, IRRIGATION, LAND DEGRADATION, LAND MANAGEMENT, LAND USE, LAND USE CHANGE, LAND-USE, LAND-USE CHANGE, METHANE, METHANE EMISSIONS, MICRO-WATERSHEDS, NATIONAL CLIMATE, NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE, NATURAL RESOURCES, NITROGEN, NITROGEN BASED FERTILIZERS, NITROUS OXIDE, NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS, PARTNERSHIP, PASTURE, PLANTING, POLICY ADVICE, PORTFOLIO, PRECIPITATION, RAINFALL, RAINWATER, REFORESTATION, REGIONAL CLIMATE, REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE, RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, RISK MANAGEMENT, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SEASON, SOIL, SOIL CARBON, SOIL EROSION, STORMS, SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE, TEMPERATURE, TEMPERATURE INCREASES, TEMPERATURES, TOTAL DAMAGES, TOTAL EMISSIONS, TREES, VULNERABILITY INDICATORS, WATER RESOURCES, WOOD,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/12/12069199/haiti-country-note-climate-change-aspects-agriculture https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9476
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