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MRC» Outreach Program» Sustainable
Aquaculture Initiative
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The malnutrition that affects millions of people in tropical countries is inextricably linked to problems in food production and distribution. One solution is to foster food production that is local and small-scale. In Haiti, and in much of sub-Saharan Africa, many people live in rural areas engaged in subsistence agriculture. As populations have grown, the cultivated land has been divided into progressively smaller holdings. Now, Haitian farms average smaller than 2 acres, and soil fertility has been nearly exhausted. New means of sustainably producing food need to be introduced. Fish farming has had a largely failed history in Haiti and Africa because of dependence on expensive manufactured feed that usually must be imported. MORE>>> LEARN MORE:
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