Farmers in two communes of the Grand'Anse have new stretches of rural road to carry their crops to market. The Ministry of Agriculture rehabilitated 1,200 meters of road in Beaumont and Pestel, and the work was provisionally accepted on August 26.

The work covers 600 meters of road paved with concrete strips and 600 meters of dirt road. It is part of the Resilient Agriculture for Food Security Project, known by its French initials PARSA.

In Beaumont, crews rebuilt 150 meters of concrete strips and 200 meters of dirt road in Chardonnette, in the second communal section, and the same lengths in the locality of Dumois. In Pestel, in the communal section of Clément, they built 300 meters of concrete strips and 200 meters of dirt road between the Desriveaux intersection and Macochon.

Agronomist Ralph Wendy Despeignes, the departmental director of agriculture for the Grand'Anse, led the inspection with the project's regional team, local officials and residents.

The ministry says the roads will make it easier to reach health centers, schools and markets, and should reduce crop losses and transport costs for farmers in areas with strong agricultural potential.

The Grand'Anse, at the western tip of Haiti's southern peninsula, is one of the country's most isolated departments and was badly damaged by Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and by the 2021 earthquake.