CHEMONICS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Eastern Caribbean agricultural sector strategy
The agricultural sectors of countries in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are facing a number of similar constraints - relatively small labor forces, limited arable land that is intensely cultivated and prone to erosion, small farm size, low productivity, and declining competitiveness in regional and international markets.
Brown, Albert L.; Chapman, James A. +1 more · 1988
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Abstract
This document provides an overview of the agriculture sectors of six OECS nations (Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts-Nevis, Dominica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, and St. Lucia), reviews current A.I.D. and other donor assistance, and outlines a regional agricultural development strategy. The document concludes that it will be difficult to adjust overall agricultural production and marketing in order to increase farm incomes and foreign exchange earnings, and proposes a series of soil and water conservation activities and policy initiatives designed to (1) maintain (or, to the extent possible, raise) incomes of the rural poor; (2) stabilize foreign exchange earnings/savings from agriculture; and (3) maintain and enhance the natural resource base. Annexes include an assessment of the agricultural technology system in the Eastern Caribbean and a discussion of P.L. 480 programming for Guyana.
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