Salt presentation for local iodization and for export

1. Salt Production in the NW
Artibonite
An integrated plan for Agriculture,
Health and Reverse Migration
Amber Lynn Munger, JD
Director Article 29 Organization

2. Development of Plan
Dr. John Cox, Engineer, Cox & Speller
– UK
Amber Munger, Article 29 Organization
– Haiti, USA
Commissioned by Joe Mahoney, Irish
Salt Mining
– EU, USA

3. Presentation
 Commune Anse Rouge
 IDP
 IDD
 Two domains of
intervention
 Salt production in CAR
 Obstacles to Universal
Salt Iodization
 Plan : A tale of two
companies
 Benefits of the Plan
 Obstacles and Needs

5. Commune Anse Rouge
 In general
– Health, potable water, education, irrigation, agriculture
 3 agricultural environments
– Plain - irrigated/nonirrigated
– Mountain - rainfed agriculture
– Coastal region - desert environment - salt, fish
 Salt is major form of income for the coastal region

6. IDP’s in CAR
Population (2009): 36,129 (Haitian Institute of Statistical Info)
 Post EQ Survey (February 9th, 2010)
– 177 households
– 39.1% gain in population
14% (25) of households - no change
79% (140) households - 56.8% increase
6.7 % (12 households) - 28.8% decrease
“epidemi grangou”

7. Iodine Deficiency Disorder (IDD)
 Effects of IDD
– #1 cause of developmental disability in the world
– Short stature
– Loss of IQ points
– Spontaneous abortions
– goiter
 59% of Haitians are iodine deficient
 The role of salt in combating IDD

8. Two Domains of IDD: Health
and Agriculture
Consumption end : health
– UNICEF, U Notre Dame, WFP, Ministry of
Health
Production end : agriculture
– WFP, AOPS, ACF, MI, AMURT, Ministry
of Agriculture (DDA)

13. Salt
Production in
CAR

15. Obstacles to Universal Salt
Iodization
“[Biggest obstacle to USI in Haiti is the
lack of a local source of quality salt]”
– Iodine Network
Transferring to the new technology
– Producers don’t understand new
technology?
– Producers don’t want the new
technology?
Economic interest

16. New Factory in Magazin

17. Two separate “companies”
 Salt for export
– Produce 250-300,000
MT per year
– 10 - 15 year contract for
sale of 200-250,000 MT
– Washed salt for sale to
iodization company
– Cooperative Haitian
ownership or land lease
from US developer
 Salt for iodization
– 40-50,000 MT salt for
iodization/yr
– Demand for entire
population of Haiti
– Cooperatively owned
local investment
– **Need to resolve
iodization location with
MSPP

18. Primary Benefits
 Localized, national salt production, providing
consistent and reliable economic benefits from
long term export contracts to salt basin owners
and workers in Haiti’s NW Artibonite
 High quality, washed salt, efficiently produced,
and available to be iodized for local consumption
 On site iodization facility to complement the
effort of the PAP facility
 Construction of a port in Commune Anse Rouge,
opening up access to this extraordinarily isolated
region

19. Secondary Benefits
 Improved working conditions for salt workers
 Increased long and short term employment
 Expanded potential for agriculture
 Improved access to potable water
 Improved infrastructure, including electrification
 Protection of the surrounding areas from flash-
flooding/inundation
 Protection of mangrove forests
 Potential for comprehensive watershed management due
to rising water table and need to protect new factory
 Fisheries potential for salt basins that will not be
incorporated into the new factory

20. How is salt related to the past
and pending emergencies?
IDPs
Short and long term jobs starting as
early as February
Food and Economic Security in terms
of disaster preparedness

21. Potential problems with plan
 Anse Rouge?
 Risk of exploitation from business
investment
 Business v. development plan
 Missed opportunities regarding secondary
benefits, especially agriculture and
watershed protection
 Missed opportunity regarding iodized salt

22. Contact
amber@article29organization.org