Face à l'Opinion: Charles Suffrard, kiltivatè diri (1)

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Title:
Face à l'Opinion: Charles Suffrard, kiltivatè diri (1)
Alternative Title:
  • Face à l'Opinion: Charles Suffrard, riziculteur (1)
  • Face à l'Opinion: Charles Suffrard, rice farmer (1)
Program Name:
Face à l’Opinion
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Date:
March 15, 1996
Description:

  • Le riziculteur Charles Suffrard explique les problèmes auxquels font face les paysans de l'Artibonite et son rôle au sein du comité de surveillance de l'ODVA. Nombreux sont les riziculteurs qui se méfient de l'ODVA et ont l'impression d'être délaissés par cette dernière. Les paysans font face aux problèmes de crédit de courte durée (« les ponya ») et d'un sérieux manque de canaux d'irrigation et de drainage pour leurs rizières. L'ODVA a détourné les fonds qui devaient être alloués aux fermiers de l'Artibonite et la production nationale continue de souffrir de l'importation de riz états-unien. Selon Suffrard, la solution est de décentraliser l'ODVA dans les différentes communes de l'Artibonite. Il mentionne aussi le problème de l'engrais : les paysans s'endettent pour acheter de l'engrais de mauvaise qualité dont la vente profite aux commerçants malhonnêtes.

  • Kiltivatè Charles Suffrard eksplike pwoblèm kilitvatè Latibonit, ak wòl li kòm manm komite siveyans ODVA. Anpil kiltivatè pa fè ODVA konfyans ditou, paske yo wè ODVA pa fè anyen pou yo. Yo gen pwoblèm ponya (pwoblèm kredi), epi yo gen gwo pwoblèm dlo paske pa gen bon jan kanal irigasyon ak drenaj pou jaden diri yo. ODVA kraze kòb ki te sipoze bay kiltivatè Latibonit yo sipò, epi pwodiksyon nasyonal kontinye pa ka fleri anfas diri Miyami. Daprè Suffrard, solisyon an se pou ODVA desantralize patou komin Latibonit yo. Li pale tou sou pwoblèm angrè: kiltivatè yo oblije prete kòb (antre nan sistèm ponya) pou yo achte angrè, pafwa li pa bon jan angrè ditou, epi gen anpil moun ki ap pwofite sou komès angrè a ki fè gagòt ladan.

  • Rice farmer Charles Suffrard describes the problems facing farmers of the Artibonite and his role on the monitoring committee for ODVA. Many rice farmers distrust ODVA and feel that it is not doing anything for them, as they face problems of predatory lending ("ponya") and a serious lack of proper irrigation and drainage for their rice fields. ODVA has misappropriated funds that were supposed to be used to support the farmers of the Artibonite, and national production continues to struggle in the face of imported US rice. According to Suffrard, the solution is for ODVA to be decentralized throughout the communes of the Artibonite. He also describes the problem of fertilizer: farmers must borrow money in order to buy fertilizer, the fertilizer is often not good quality, and various people along the way are profiting from the sale of fertilizer.

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Interview
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Language:
Haitian; Haitian Creole
Tape ID:
RL10059CS0262
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