WORKING DOCUMENT SERIES CARIBBEAN REGIONAL Rural Development Division Bureau for Latin America and th2 Caribbean Agency for International Development GENERAL WORKING DOCUMENT #1 A PARTIALLY ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CARIBBEAN REGION* *Antigua, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Domi­ nica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts­ Nevis-(Anguilla), St. Lucia, St. Vin­ cent, Turks and Caicos Islands Clarence Zuvekas, Jr. Sector Analysis Internalization Group Office of International Cooperation and Development U.S. Department of Agriculture September 1978 This document does not bear the approval (nor imply such) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the United States Agency for International Development, or any of their offices. In view of its nature as a working paper, it should not be quoted w-thouz permission of the originating office. Any comments wouid be appreci­ ter,, and can be addressea to the author at: 4112 Auditors Ruiiding i4:n & Independence Avenue, S.W. Washing-on, D.C. 20250 PREFACE Under the terms of USDA Contract No. 12-17-07-5-2173, the author has prepared a bibliography on agricultural development in the Caribbean Region, defined operationally by U.S. AID as comprising the smaller English­ speaking states in the Caribbean, viz.: Antigua, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts­ began in October 1977 and continued intermittantly, both in the field and in Washington, D.C., until September 1978. I am indebted to a large number of individuals for giving me access to both published and unpublished studies in the libraries of their respective organizations. The author is quick to point out that this bibliography, though quite lengthy, is not complete. First of all, a decision was made to include (with relatively few exceptions) only publications since 1960. Secondly, because of time constraints and the law of diminishing returns, the search for documents had to leave some stones unturned. Undoubtealy, studies which should have appeared in the bibliography are not included, and apologies are offered to their authors. With a few exceptions, reports by the IBRD, IDB, and OAS--many of which have a restricted distribution--have not been included in this Bibliography. They should, however, be consulted by those interested in a detailed, macroeconomic view of the Caribbean Region. Particularly valuable in this respect is the IBRD's Caribbean Regional Study (1975) and its series of reports on the Eastern Caribbean less developed countries, issued in 1978. The form in which the bibliography entries appear is (loosely) based on guidelines provided in the University of Chicago Manual of Style, twelfth edition; a number of modifications, though, have been made. For some books and technical reports, the number of pages is indicated. Library locations, with call numbers if available, are given in brackets. The library may be identified by consulting the list of abbreviations of library locations. Both a Crop Index and a General (topical) Index are provided. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations v Library Locations vii General Caribbean and Multi-Country Studies 1 Leeward Islands 81 Windward Islands 82 Antigua 89 Barbados 96 Belize 127 British Virgin Islands 14o Cayman Islands 142 Dominica 144 Grenada 156 Montserrat 165 St. Kitts-Nevis-(Anguilla) 170 Anguilla 177 St. Lucia 178 St. Vincent 186 Turks and Caicos Islands 193 Bibliographies and Other Reference Works 194 Crop Index 196 Oeneral Index 199 GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AMP Agricultural Marketing Protocol A.T.A. Abstracts in Tropical Agriculture BDD British Development Division in the Caribbean B.W.I. British West Indies (B)WIST (British) West Indies Sugar Technologists CAB/ABS Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau Abstracts CADEC Caribbean Ecumenical Consultation for Development CARDI Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute CARICOM Caribbean Community (also Caribbean Common Market) CARIFTA Caribbean Free Trade Association CARIRI Caribbean Industrial Research Institute CDC Commonwealth Development Corporation CFCS Caribbean Food Crops Society CFNI Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute CIDA Canadian International Development Agency DAE Department of Agricultural Extension, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad DAEFM Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad DAI Dissertation Abstracts International D.T.A. Diploma in Tropical Agriculture EEC European Economic Community FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GDP Gross Domestic Product GMS Guaranteed Market Scheme GNP Gross National Product ICS Institute of Caribbean Studies ICTA Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture IDB Inter-American Development Bank IICA Instituto Interamericano de Ciencias Agricolas ISER Institute of Social and Economic Research LDC Less Developed Country OAS Organization of American States PAHO Pan American Health Organization RRC Regional Research Center, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNDP United Nations Development Programme (UN)-ECLA (United Nations) Economic Commission for Latin America UNICA Association of Caribbean Universities and Research Institutes UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization UPR University of Puerto Rico USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture V1 UWI University of the West Indies W.I. West Indies WIAEC West Indian Agricultural Economics Conference WINBAN Windward Islands Bannana Growers Association LIBRARY LOCATIONS AID Ref. AID Reference Center, Washington, D.C. AID/W:LAC/CAR U.S. Agency for International Development, Office of Caribbean Countries AID/W:LAC/DR/RD U.S. Agency for International Development, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, Office of Development Resources, Rural Development Division, Washington, D.C. BDD British Development Division in the Caribbean, Bridgetown, Barbados B. Min. Ag. Barbados Ministry of Agirculture, Bridgetown CARDI Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad CARICOM Caribbean Community Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana CDB Caribbean Development Bank, Wildey, St. Michael, Barbados CIDA/B Canadian International Development Agency, Bridgetown, Barbados GWU George Washington University, Washington, D.C. ISER Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados LTC Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison NAL National Agricultural Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. SAIG Sector Analysis Internalization Group, Office of International Cooperation and Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. STRU Sugar Technology Research Unit, Barbados USAID/B U.S. Agency for International Development, Bridgetown, Barbados U.S. Dept. State U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C. UWI University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados GENERAL CARIBBEAN AND MULTI-COUNTRY STUDIES 1. ABBOTT, George C. "The Collapse of the Sea Island Cotton Industry in the West Indies." Social and Economic Studies 13 (March 1964):157-187. The author discusses the events leading to a decline in production to only one-third its 1939/40 level. Since the market is expected to be weak, and prices therefore low, a continuing decline in production is foreseen. 2. ----. "The Future of Economic Cooperation in the West indies in the Light of the Break-up of the Federation." Social and Economic Studies 12 (June 1963):160-178. Examines the effect of the break-up of the Federation of the West Indies on the British West Indies Sugar Association. Argues that"there are centrifugal forces at work tending to bring about a looser form of economic cooperation among the sugar islands with the possible disinte­ gration of BWISA." The author also finds a movement from regionalism to individualism in the production and marketing of other agricultural commodities for which regional associations or agreements exist, or for which inter-island trade exists. 3. ----. "Stabilisation Policies in West Indian Sugar Industries." Caribbean Quarterly 9 (March-June 1963):53-66. The author argues that "it is . essential if the industry is to adjust itself with the minimum social dislocation to changing world conditions, political as well as economic, that it should have adequate reserves at its disposal." Some form of stabilization program, he says, is urgently needed. 4. "The West Indian Sugar Industry with Some Long-Term Projections and Supply to 1975." Social and Economic Studies 13 (March 1964):1-37. Reviews changes in acreage and yields and develops 2 separate projec­ tions, based on different methods, which can be regarded as estimates of technical feasibility. Economic feasibility is then examined in the light of possible changes in production costs, price considerations, and marketing problems. The author notes that the region is very dependent on guaranteed markets and/or premium prices. 5. ABDULAH, Norma. The Labour Force in the Commonwealth Caribbean: A Statistical Analysis. Occasional Papers in Human Resources, No. 1. St. Augustine, Trinidad: ISER, UWI, 1977. Pp. 120. [SAIG] A critical examination of 1960 and 1970 census data and several non­ census sources of labor force data. Notes that conceptual differences sometimes make it difficult to compare 1960 and 1970 census