Agribusiness and Development
Agridev S.A.
14, rue Louverture, Suite A
Petion-Ville
Haiti
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AGRIDEV is an agribusiness service provider using a sustainable, market-driven strategy to increase farmer incomes. AGRIDEV has been involved in donor and private-funded projects that have achieved results obtained in terms of increased levels of production and sales of high value crops, primarily tree crops (coffee, cacao, and mango), as well as a number of high value field crops (yam, pumpkin and pepper) with significant domestic and export market potential.
The Haitian Consulting Firm, AGRIDEV, works on increasing farmer incomes while contributing to a better environment in Haiti using a market-led development approach. AGRIDEV uses a business approach to poverty reduction, with rural people as active participants engaging in productive activities, rather than passive recipients of assistance. Much of past and present assistance to rural Haiti has unintentionally cultivated a welfare mentality, where “beneficiaries” receive cash or in kind wages or subsidies, but do not consider themselves stakeholders in their own future. This, combined with low farm gate prices for most agricultural products, has resulted in low productivity and investment along with low rural incomes.
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Agridev S.A.
14, rue Louverture, Suite A
Petion-Ville
Haiti
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