Right to Livelihoods in Haiti
Focus on egg production and rural household livelihood strategies
Focus on egg production and rural household livelihood strategies
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TABLES<br />
Table 1: Change <strong>in</strong> Hatchery Capacity vs. Actual Production 1980 – 2012……………………………………. 4<br />
Table 2: Comparison of Prices <strong>in</strong> <strong>Haiti</strong> Before and After June 6 th 2012 Ban on Imported Eggs……. 10<br />
Table 3: Care of Chickens (N=209) …………………………………….…………………………………….……………………. 11<br />
Table 4: Biggest Reason For Eggs Losses…………………………………….……………………………………………….. 12<br />
Table 5: Animals that Eat Eggs (n=50) …………………………………….………………………………………………….. 12<br />
Table 6 Explanation for "other reasons" respondent loses eggs (n=25) ………………………………………. 12<br />
Table 7: Explanations Give for "Other" Reasons <strong>to</strong> Raise Chickens (n=18) …………………………………… 15<br />
Table 8: Average cost of Birds…………………………………….…………………………………….…………………………… 17<br />
Table 9: Ma<strong>in</strong> Reason Farmers Gave for not Invest<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> More Chickens …………………………………… 19<br />
Table 10: Time <strong>to</strong> Recuperate Chicken…………………………………….…………………………………………………. 19<br />
Table A2.1: Formal Sec<strong>to</strong>r Employment (USD…………………………………….……………………………………….. 29<br />
Table A2.2: Informal Sec<strong>to</strong>r Employment…………………………………….……………………………………………… 29<br />
Table A2.3: Entrepreneurial Sec<strong>to</strong>r…………………………………….……………………………………………………….. 29<br />
Table N1: Poultry Diseases…………………………………….…………………………………….……………………………… 47<br />
Table N2: Pounds of feed <strong>to</strong> produce 1 pound Live weight or Eggs…………………………………………….. 49<br />
Table N3: Number of Chickens Owned, for Farmers who Own Chickens (n =209) ……………………… 50<br />
CHARTS<br />
Figure 1: Growth <strong>in</strong> Dom<strong>in</strong>ican Egg Production Year 2002 <strong>to</strong> 2012……………………………………………… 4<br />
Figure 2: Chang<strong>in</strong>g Farm gate/Wholesale Prices for Eggs <strong>in</strong> the USA, DR, and <strong>Haiti</strong>……………………… 5<br />
Figure 3: Integrated Household Subsistence Strategies and the Market ……………………………………… 13<br />
Figure 4: Most important reason for rais<strong>in</strong>g chickens …………………………………………………………………. 15<br />
Figure 5: Second Most important reason for rais<strong>in</strong>g chickens…………………………………………………….. 15<br />
Figure 6: Good Mother vs. Good Layer…………………………………….…………………………………………………. 17<br />
Figure 7: Proportion of Farmer Respondents that Have vs. Do Not Have any Chickens……………… 18<br />
Figure 8: Number of Chickens Owned per Farm<strong>in</strong>g Household…………………………………………………… 18<br />
Figure 9: Number of Chickens that Respondents Usually Have <strong>in</strong> Flock………………………………………. 19