Halting the purchasing of imported eggs.
You not understand the volume of eggs that Haiti imports every year, especially from the Dominican Republic. I just talked about exporting to the DR, now I want to talk about importing. Many Haitians want to buy local, but the cost to do so often gets in the way. While some will argue the imported eggs and chicken parts may be contaminated, many Haitians are on a strict budget and will purchase imported food so that their money will go father. For the price of 150.00 Gourdes, one could get several chicken parts and a fish. Again this is from importers. How do you stop this and give Haitian farmers a chance? Volume. If you flood the market, then prices go down. When the Haitian price of eggs and chicken parts go down, you then will see the flow of imported chicken parts and eggs go down. Currently Dominican eggs are 14.00 Gourdes or so, and Haitian eggs are 20.00 Gourdes. That small difference in cost adds up over time ...