In 2006 report , Cato Institute says rice is heavily supported commodity in U.S. Report : Countries including Haiti ` ` could all plausibly claim '' that rice is harmful to Haiti . In a 2006 report , the Cato Institute , a nonprofit Washington-based research foundation , called rice `` one of the most heavily supported commodities in the United States , '' and argued that several countries including Haiti `` could all plausibly claim that the U.S. rice program has driven down global prices to the detriment of their citizens . '' Many Haitian rice farmers were driven out of Haiti .
In 2006 report , Cato Institute says rice is heavily supported commodity in U.S. Report : Countries including Haiti ` ` could all plausibly claim '' that rice is harmful to Haiti . Many Haitian rice farmers were driven out of Haiti .