In Haiti, imported rice is called diri miami - miami rice (Almost anything from the USA or beyond is thought of as coming from Miami - the closet major US city to Haiti). You can find a nice, brief understandable summary here of the links between US domestic agriculture and trade policies and the high prices faced by the Haitian farmer and consumer. (Thanks to K whose blog i stole link from) The author mentions Bread for the World as an organization taking positive action in the US policy arena - I highly recommend checking out their site and joining their campaign.The LA times recently published a story that talks about some of the structural challenges to revitalizing local rice production in Haiti. There is a nice little slideshow where I got the graph pictured here.
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