Roadmap for the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development (Carmel André Béliard)
Summary: A roadmap sent on 29 March 2017 by Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant to Carmel André Béliard at the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development. It refers back to the general policy statement he put to the Senate on 14 March 2017 and to the Chamber of Deputies on 20 March 2017, then sets out what the ministry is to undertake over the five-year term.
Key Findings
- Frames the agriculture mandate around control of surface water first, listing rehabilitation of existing hydro-agricultural works, new irrigation and drainage schemes, water storage structures, impluviums where needed, concrete dams to replace failing traditional ones, pumping stations for high-potential land above river level, and regular dredging of rivers and canals.
- Ties production to access rather than to yield alone, with agricultural tracks, rural feeder roads, and bridges and farm roads to move produce to markets and consumption areas.
- Treats fisheries and aquaculture as a means of recapitalizing rural households, with subsistence aquaculture in high-potential zones, inland fishery development in favorable hydro-geographic areas, and stronger technical and managerial capacity in fishers' associations.
- Instructs the ministry to work with the competent bodies on rural credit and on making the agricultural producer financially autonomous, which places finance inside the agriculture mandate rather than outside it.
- Asks that landing of fishery products on national territory be encouraged, and that fisheries and aquaculture be managed sustainably.
- Sets the instruction in the fiscal year already half elapsed, asking the minister to ensure the ministry's action-plan objectives are met within it.
Full Description
A roadmap sent on 29 March 2017 by Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant to Carmel André Béliard at the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development. It refers back to the general policy statement he put to the Senate on 14 March 2017 and to the Chamber of Deputies on 20 March 2017, then sets out what the ministry is to undertake over the five-year term.
How to cite
Office of the Prime Minister of Haiti, 2017, Roadmap for the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development (Carmel André Béliard), http://www.sgcm.gouv.ht/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/11-Feuille-de-route-du-Ministre-de-l_Agriculture-des-Ressources-Naturelles-et-de-Developpement-Rural.pdf