Encounter with Farmers in Lower Maribaroux

Far away from the spotlight and even farther from the construction site of the canal on the Massacre River compared to their fields, many farmers who rely on agriculture hope that the canal will partly solve their problems. For some, even more will be needed.

Valéry Daudier
Par Valéry Daudier
27 Sep 2023 | Lecture : 3 min.

François doesn't remember his age, but he recalls that the entire lower Maribaroux region in the Northeast was once covered in rice during his youth. "There was an abundance of food in the region. We didn't go hungry. We weren't so dependent on the Dominican Republic," François reminisces. For several years now, the sixty-year-old, returning from his field just before noon after six hours of work, has faced a formidable enemy: drought. "There is no agriculture without water. Drought is our greatest en

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