Building resilience in cropping systems of the Central Plateau of Haiti

Abstract

This presentation provides information on a project intended to improve resilience through conservation agriculture production systems in the Central Plateau of Haiti. It discusses results from a baseline survey and from agronomic experiments. Analysis includes derivation of Cobb-Douglass production functions based on results from the household survey.

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Keywords

Small-scale farming, Economic analyses, Conservation agriculture, Sustainable agriculture, Subsistence production, Production function, Agronomic experiments, Farm/Enterprise Scale Field Scale

Citation

Presented at the American Society of Agronomy International Annual Meetings, Tampa, FL, 3-6 November 2013