Diario las Américas

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for export, but producing mostly

subsistence crops. The principal ex

port crop is coffee, followed by sis

sal and sugar. Coffee grows more

or less wild on the mountain slopes

and yields are lower than in most

coffee producing countries. Sisal

and sugar are the only crops grown

on large commercial plantations as

well as on the small holdings.

The density of the population,

the lack of virgin land and the

erosion of much of the area under

cultivation, together with the dif

ficulty of achieving technical ad

vances in agriculture under the

present- system of proprietor

ship, have kept the Haitian eco

nomy relatively static. Increases in

incomes since the war have been

due almost entirely to high coffee

prices rather than to increase in

output.

In recent years, however, the

Government has increasingly direct

ed itself toward finding ways of

overcoming the obstacles to eco

nomic development. Public invest

ment has been largely directed to

ward the extension of the road

network and the improvement of

irrigation. With the assistance of

the Export-Import Bank of Wash

ington, nearly $3O million have

been invested in a large irrigation

and flood control scheme, in the

Artibonite Valley in Central Haiti.

This project also makes available

a considerable electric potential.

The Haitian Institute of Agri

cultural and Industrial Credit, a

subsidiary of the National Bank of

Haiti, has been effective in pro

moting agricultural development,

particularly through the establish

ment of cooperatives which have

proved a useful method of counter

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Diario las Américas. (1957). Miami, Fla.;Miami Springs, Fla., 1957-12-10. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82001257/1957-12-10/ed-1/?sp=12

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Diario las Américas, 1957-12-10.