The light yellow areas above show the 4 zones in which the RECOCARNO co-operatives are located, and which cover a total area of 45,300 ha. Click on any of these to see additional information about the zones and about the co-operatives, farmers and processing facilities within these.

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With a population of 7 million in an area of 10,714 square miles (27,750 sq km), Haïti is the most densely populated country in the Western Hemisphere. Haïti is an extremely poor and disadvantaged country with a population that has the poorest health indicators, lowest school literacy rates and lowest per capita income in the Western Hemisphere. The economy has suffered from years of mismanagement and has only recently begun to be reconstructed.

The official language of Haïti is French but the majority of Haïtians speak only Creole, a pidgin French which has been influenced by the many African languages spoken by the slaves who were brought to Haïti before independence was declared in 1804.