Report on Market Chains for PAER Submitted By Timothy T Schwartz Map Haiti and PAER Target Area Contents Preface............................................................................................................................................. 1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 2 Demography .................................................................................................................................... 3 Geography ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Livelihoods ..................................................................................................................................... 7 Production, Subsistence, and Technology .................................................................................. 7 Relations of Production and Gender ......................................................................................... 11 Task ....................................................................................................................................... 11 Market System .............................................................................................................................. 14 Market Roles, Relations and Gender ........................................................................................ 16 Madan Sara ........................................................................................................................... 16 Revande ................................................................................................................................. 17 Komèsan ............................................................................................................................... 18 Gender ................................................................................................................................... 21 Crafts ......................................................................................................................................... 21 Summary of Market System ..................................................................................................... 21 Market Chains ............................................................................................................................... 24 Plantains .................................................................................................................................... 24 Opportunities......................................................................................................................... 25 Limiting Factors .................................................................................................................... 25 Solutions ............................................................................................................................... 25 Materials ............................................................................................................................... 26 Risks ...................................................................................................................................... 26 Sustainability......................................................................................................................... 26 Vegetables ................................................................................................................................. 26 Opportunity ........................................................................................................................... 26 Limiting factors ..................................................................................................................... 26 Solutions ............................................................................................................................... 26 Materials ................................................................................ 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Bookmark not defined. 2 Opportunity ........................................................................................................................... 31 Limiting Factors .................................................................................................................... 28 Risks ...................................................................................................................................... 28 Solutions ............................................................................................................................... 33 Materials ............................................................................................................................... 33 Sustainability......................................................................................................................... 33 Fishing....................................................................................................................................... 34 Fishing in Haiti ..................................................................................................................... 35 Fishing as an Environmentally Destructive Enterprise ......................................................... 35 Industrial Fishing .................................................................................................................. 36 Pros and Cons of Artisanal vs. Industrial Fishing ................................................................ 36 Purchasing, Processing, Storage, Transport and Market ...................................................... 39 Capital and Credit ................................................................................................................. 40 Storage, Transport, and Markets ........................................................................................... 40 NGO Interventions, Associations and the Market Chain Putting Women out of Business .. 41 Opportunity ........................................................................................................................... 43 Limiting factors ..................................................................................................................... 43 Solutions ............................................................................................................................... 43 Risks ...................................................................................................................................... 43 Sustainability......................................................................................................................... 43 Additional Market Opportunities .............................................................................................. 44 Mangos .................................................................................................................................. 44 Dried fruit.............................................................................................................................. 44 Sweet potatoes ...................................................................................................................... 44 Manioc/cassava. .................................................................................................................... 44 Bread Fruit ............................................................................................................................ 45 Millet ..................................................................................................................................... 45 Peanuts .................................................................................................................................. 45 Lamb ..................................................................................................................................... 46 Seed ....................................................................................................................................... 46 Crafts ..................................................................................................................................... 47 Salt ........................................................................................................................................ 48 Summary of Market Chains .................................................................................................. 49 Aggregation and Processing Centers ............................................................................................ 51 3 Community Based Organizations (CBOs) .................................................................................... 52 NGOs ......................................................................................... 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