Haiti - Post-Hurricane Agricultural Rehabilitation Project in the Southern Peninsula

FILE COPY Document of The World Bank FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Report No. P- 2933-HA REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS ON A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT CREDIT TO THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI FOR A POST-HURRICANE AGRICULTURAL REHABILITATION PROJEC' IN THE SOUTHERN PENINSULA February 18, 1981 This document has a restricted distribution and may be used by recipients only in the performance of their official duties. Its contents may not otherwise be disclosed without World Bank authorization.  CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS Currency Unit: Gourde (G) $1: G5 Cl: $0.20 (The Gourde has, since 1919, been pegged to the U.S. dollar at the rate of G5=$1) WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Metric British/U.S. Equivalent 1 meter (m) 3.28 feet (ft) 1 kilometer (km) 2 0.62 mile (mi) or 1,093 yards (yd) 1 square kilometer (km ) 0.386 square mile (sq. mi) 1 metric ton (mt) 2,200 pounds (lb) 1 kilogram (kg) 2.24- (lb) 1 hectare (hg) 2.47 acres 1 liter (1) 0.908 quarts (qt) ABBREVIATIONS BCA Bureau de Credit Agricole (Agricultural Credit Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture) BRH Banque de la Republique d'Haiti (Central Bank of Haiti) CIDA Canadian International Development Agency CUNA Credit Union National Association of the United States DARNDR Department de l'Agriculture, des Ressources Naturelles et du Developpement Rural (Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development) FAO Food and Agriculture Organization GNP Gross National Product GDP Gross Domestic Product IDAI Institut de Developpement Agricole et Industriel (Agricultural and Industrial Development Bank) IDB Int-er-American Development Bank IHPCADE Institut Haitien pour la Promotion du Cafe et des Denrees d'Exportation (Haitian Institute for the Promotion of Coffee and Commodity Exports) DMF International Monetary Fund NFS Net Factor Services OAS Organization of American States ODN Organisme du Developpement du Nord (Regional Organization for the Development of the North) PPC Petit Project Cafeier (Smallholders Coffee Project) SAC Societe de Credit Agricole (Agricultural Credit Society) SNEP Service National d'Eau Potable (National Water Supply Authority) USAID United States Agency for International Development FISCAL YEAR October 1 - September 30  FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY HAITI POST-HURRICANE AGRICULTURAL REHABILITATION PROJECT IN THE SOUTHERN PENINSULA CREDIT AND PROJECT SUMMARY Borrower: Republic of Haiti Amount: SDR 2,600,000 Terms: Standard Project Description: The project would rehabilitate food crops and coffee production through the provision of fertilizer, the extension of credit for labor and farm inputs, expansion of coffee nurseries, purchase of hand tools and the construction of regional farm development centers to improve and reinforce support services in the project area. The project would: (i) help restore food production and (ii) help salvage part of the 1981 coffee crop and increase production in the 1982 and subsequent crops. Coffee yields per hectare could increase from 250 kg to at least 300 kg in the second and subsequent years. The project would help about 10,000 farmers severely affected by Hurricane Allen to maintain, and subsequently improve their incomes. The risks of the project are the possibility of poor credit recovery and non-return of hand tools, and potential weak- nesses in field organization of the Ministry of Agriculture. Pisks are reduced by providing 154 staff of various levels for field work and supervision, and by having the overall project coordinated by a Management Team of the Ministry of Agriculture. This document has a restricted distribution and may be used by recipients only in the performance of their official duties. Its contents may not otherwise be disclosed without World Bank authorization.  - ii - Estimated Cost: Local Foreign Currency Exchange Total