@article{Zuvekas:338401,
      recid = {338401},
      author = {Zuvekas, Clarence, Jr.},
      title = {Agricultural Development in Haiti:  An Assessment of  Sector Problems, Policies, and Prospects Under Conditions  of Severe Soil Erosion},
      address = {1978-05},
      number = {1485-2023-1100},
      pages = {394},
      year = {1978},
      note = {Prepared for USAID/Haiti by Clarence Zuvekas, Jr.,  Consulting Economist, International Development Staff,  U.  S. Department of Agriculture.},
      abstract = {Excerpts from the report Preface:  This sector assessment  is the product of research carried out intermittently  between June 1977 and May 1978.  The format for this study  follows closely the Agricultural Sector Assessment  Guidelines prepared by AID's Bureau for Latin America,  though some modifications have been made.  The study  incorporates material on land tenure, income, and  employment prepared by the author in draft form in August  1977 and revised in March 1978.  There is no formal  "Summary and Conclusions" section to this document, but  readers whose time is limited are referred to Chapter 7.B  for a summary discussion of the constraints to agricultural  development identified in Chapters 4-6.  Table 7.1 lists  these constraints and assigns them a tentative ranking  according to their degree of importance (1=major;  2=moderate; 3=minor).  Our proposed strategy and programs  is presented in Chapter 7.H.  Given the constraints facing  agricultural development in Haiti, and the serious  absorptive capacity of institutions in the agricultural  sector, this writer recommends that AID efforts in the next  few years concentrate on consolidation and improvement of  existing programs, and on institution building, including a  variety of short- and long-term training programs, both  in-country and  abroad (with emphasis on the former).  This  does not preclude the initiation of large-scale projects,  but these should be relatively few in number.  Specific  projects and programs are recommended in the following  areas:  a. Erosion Control and Erosion Control/Irrigation  Packages b. Institution Building 1) Base-level  Organizations 2) Ministry of Agriculture (DARNDR)  3)  Credit  4) Research   c. Coffee Production and Marketing    d. Rural Road Construction.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/338401},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.338401},
}