in American Samoa or the U.S. Virgin Islands. The situation
is that in both places the agricultural potentials have not
been fully harnessed and directed. But the agricultural
potentials are there. The infra-structures for agricultural
developments are in place. What is often overlooked is an
assessment and definition of goals for agricultural devel-
opment, one of which is whether or not to gear production
mainly for the local market or the export market. The idea
that the export market grows when surplus develops in the
local market has not worked and will not work in these
places. There must be separate plans for both markets.
Farmers serving the local markets for example, have dif-
ferent policy requirements than those farmers for the
export markets. In the local market, farmers will need strict
monitoring of imports and in some cases, price supports. In
the case of the export markets, there is a need to make a
thorough assessment and selection of crops. Only those
crops that can take advantage of the unique climate and
geography of these places in such a way that their produc-
tion could have a natural economic advantage should be
considered for the export markets. These must of course be
inherently tropical, value-weight ratio should be high and
their production and processing should not require com-
plicated technology or pose danger to the environment.
Once these crops are chosen, all government agencies
charged with the responsibility of promoting agriculture
should concentrate their efforts on producing, processing,
and marketing of the products. U
photo reproduced from
AMER IKA SAMOA by Frederick K. Sutter


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