Spring is the time when farmers in Haiti plant about sixty percent of their crops

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1、SpringisthetimewhenfarmersinHaitiplantaboutsixtypercentoftheircrops.Butthisspringisastrugglewithdisaster.TheJanuarytwelfthearthquakeflattenedmuchofHaiti'scapitalandsurroundingareas.Itleftmorethantwohundredthousandpeopledeadandaboutamillionhomeless.Internationalrecoveryplan

2、sincludehelpingHaitiexpandfoodproduction.Butmanyfarmerslosttheirtoolsinthequake.Landslidesburiedequipment.Andnowseasonalrainsdonotmakethesituationanyeasier.TherainscontinuethroughMayandJune.Manyfarmersneedmoneyforseedsandfertilizer.SabineWilkeoftheaidgroupCAREsaysmanyalsol

3、ackthemoneytohirehelptopreparetheland.SABINEWILKE:"Fortheplanting,theyalsoneedlocallabor.Andsincetheydonothaveenoughmoneytohirepeople,theworkwillsimplynotbedone."TheUnitedNationsFoodandAgricultureOrganizationsaysithasdeliveredtoolsandseedstothousandsoffamiliesintheearthqua

4、kearea.ThequakewascenterednearPort-au-Prince.Anestimatedsixhundredthousandpeopleleftforthecountryside.Expertssayitwillbedifficulttofeedthem.Foodpricesarehigh,andmanypeoplefledthecapitalwithonlytheclothestheywerewearing.GeraldMurrayattheUniversityofFloridaisanexpertonHaiti.

5、ProfessorMurraysaysmanyruralfamilieshavetakeninrelativesandfriendswholosthomesandjobs."Theremaybeenoughtoeatforawhile,"hesays,"butbeforetoolongtheremaybehunger."FarmingisaboutsixtypercentofHaiti'seconomy.Butmostfoodcomesfromimports.Beforetheearthquake,theHaitiangovernmenta

6、ndprivategroupswereworkingtoimproveagriculture.Deforestationhastraditionallybeenamajorproblemforfarmers.Fewtreesremaintoprotectsoilfromfloods,droughtsandseverestorms.InthesixteenhundredsHaiti'sFrenchcolonizersclearedforeststoplantsugarcane.Inthenineteenfifties,forestswerec

7、utdownforwoodandotherproducts.Poortechnologyandpoorroadsalsoreducedagriculturalproduction.Sodidanimalandplantdiseases.Farmersmovedtocitiestodootherwork.ProfessorMurraysaystheaveragefarminHaitimeasuresaboutoneoroneandahalfhectares.Andthefieldsarecommonlydividedbetweenlevelg

8、roundandamountainside.MonsignorBobbyBensonbegantheMatthew25Ministryin1998aftermeetinganAI