The problems associated with disaster relief assistance following the Haitian earthquake are described. International aid groups have been ineffective in reaching victims of the earthquake, as the poor administration of relief money has inadequately helped feed the population.
Part of a special journal issue dedicated to strategies for societal renewal in Haiti., Haiti spends 80 percent of its export earnings to import food that the nation's farmers could produce themselves. More than a third of Haiti's farmland is underutilized.
