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Haiti farmers fear surplus US peanuts add to hardship
In Mirebalais Haiti a small farmer and teenage workers toil in a sun baked peanut field as debate rages over a U.S. shipment of 500 metric tons of surplus peanuts for malnourished children. Critics warn aid undercuts local farmers while UN and officials defend the program noting its small share of Haiti's production and worsening hunger amid drought.
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Mirebalais
Haiti
Francois Mertus
U.S
Meritus
Pla
Oxfam America
Marc Cohen
Barack Obama
U.N. Food Agency
U.N. Office For the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Nalso Che
Blan Lelene
Access Peanut Enterprise Corporation