The Reason We Chose Our Issue

As a group, we collectively agreed that degradation of the soil is a prominent issue in the production of food in Haiti. We believe that an engineering-based solution to soil degradation would impact the agriculture sector and increase the production of food available to the Haitian population. We based our decision on the use of a weighted matrix. The criteria we examined in the selection of our issue was possible cost, feasibility, effect on the population, prominence in the nation, and the possible solutions available to solve the issue. We believe that if we are able to propose a solution and restore nutrients to the soil, the burden from other issues, such as erosion and water for crops, would be reduced as well. Not many non-profit and governmental organizations focus on the degradation of the soil in Haiti and its effects. We want to bring awareness and tackle an issue that is being left to continually worsen with each passing seasoning (Barguot & Raizada, 2013). Although solving this issue will not completely solve food insecurity in Haiti, it will alleviate some of the burden and continue to bring change to the agriculture situation in Haiti!

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