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9445: RE: 9422: Open Discussion
From: NLaleau@aol.com
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You are likely to get more answers to this question than you
want... yes more food can definitely be grown on the island, but only with
more infrastructure (irrigation canals, wells, roads, agronomic advice)
and
change in land tenure patterns. A lot of the island that used to be
productive is now barren and deforested. The South is still pretty lush,
but
the Northwest is a desert, and while parts of the Artibonite are
excellent,
others are horrible ("Savane Desolee", for example). In some places the
water
table and salinity are a problem. Fights over land titles
occur--sometimes
parcels were sold many times with "legal" documents accompanying each
sale.
Some good land lies fallow, owned by absentee landlords. So it's not an
easy problem to fix. --Nancy Laleau