FIGURE 2. Characteristics of classes.


CLASSES OBJECTIVES/STRATEGY CHARACTERISTIC/ PROBLEMS POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENT
 MEANS OF PRODUCTION

Small planters (I) to ensure high income for 10 acres of land heavy expenses for development of livestock
 family needs and investment intensive banana crop labour and tree crops
 (in and out of agriculture) diversifying with livestock/
 tree crops
 employ laborers

Part-time farmers (IV) to increase the income of a primary source of income is not much time available/ field packing for bananas
 regular wage earning activity not agriculture heavy expense for crop rationalization of livestock
 (e.g., civil servant) investments on agriculture: labor management ("cut and
 banana, livestock carry")


Progressive farmers (II) to ensure high income for 5-10 acres of land cost of production improve banana manage-
 family needs priority to intensive banana (fertilizer, day labourers) ment (fertilizer usage, time
 livestock and food crops of planting)
 production are limited



Farmers with little to ensure sufficient income a lot of land (more than little cash flow, little access to credit
banana land (Ilia) for family needs 5 acres) but difficult investment possibilities livestock development with
 accessibility use of crop residue
 diversification/ *1 acre banana, food crop, marketing problems for organization of groups for
 home consumption/ small livestock, tree crop food crops marketing/for field packing
 marketing of extra of bananas


Farmers having little to ensure sufficient income less than 5 acres of land. little cash flow technical assistance for
land (IIIb) from the limited acreage vegetables/small livestock little investment intensive livestock
 (pigs-rabbits), root crops marketing problems production
 intercropping lack of land processing of excess
 use of crop residues and production (juice/wine)
 pen manure

* Farmers having little to ensure certain income people who have retired but limited farmer's labour livestock improvement
 labour available (IIIc) with limited labour have been able to invest in ("cut and carry")
 the past (livestock land) grouping for marketing
 10 acres of land, cattle food
 crop
 no bananas
 employ workers for heavy
 work


Unsettled farmers (Va) to have a minimum agricul-
 tural activity, allowing time
 available for other jobs low needs lack of capital for access to credit
 (masonry) young people investment training assistance for
 1 acre banana and food crop eventually lack of land settlement
 for home consumption

Aged married couples to have a retirement farm farmers over 65 lack of labour establishment of an
(Vb) to satisfy home consumption low needs lack of capital improved back yard garden
 small stock/food crop for home consumption
 needs



Woman alone (Vc) 0 to satisfy family needs with a woman with several young lack of labour (same as above)
 limited labour available children lack of capital
 food crops/small stock


Agricultural labourer to satisfy family needs with food crops/small stock lack of land (same as above)
 little land 5 acres of land lack of capital

 is employed by other farmers small livestock development
 (I II IV) (pigs, rabbits, fowls)
 credit access


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