Bayonnais is a village in Gonaives, Haiti. In this locality, people are of small means. They have no major activities that could earn them money. That government ignores their existence. This is the same in every village in Haiti. They are considered as forgotten, left to fend for themselves. They face great needs. As in all villages of Gonaives, the inhabitants have given themselves over to cultivating the land in mediocrity. Up until now, they have used archaic farming tools. To plough, weed and carry out other agricultural operations, they use only archaic equipment that only exhausts their physical strength. They grow a variety of crops: sorghum, rice, corn, eggplant, onion, potato, cassava, garlic, banana, bean, beet, carrot, papaya, and leek.

Leek is one of the crops grown at Bayonnais. After preparing the seedlings, they are dug up and planted in prepared ridged soil. They take care of it by watering them, stripping them of weeds, and using fertilizers for its development and growth. Once harvested, growers have two paths to take: consumption and marketing. They use it to buy food, take care of their families, pay their children’s school fees, buy clothes for their children, pay off debts to give offerings, etc. In Haiti, leek is produced in an archaic way, which prevents large-scale production. An investment in leek, in the modernization of leek cultivation, would prove necessary and could be very profitable.