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 62 STAT.] HAITI-FOOD PRODUCTION- De. 19, 1947 Jan. 5, 13, 1948 Memorandum of agreement between the Haitian Government and the Institute of Inter-American Affairs. Signed at Port-au-Prince, August 28, 1944; operative August 28, 1944. MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT The Government of the Republic of Haiti (hereinafter referred to as the "Government") and The Institute of Inter-American Affairs (hereinafter referred to as the "Institute"), a corporation of the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs and an agency of the Government of the United States of America, have agreed to under- take a cooperative food production program for the purpose of allevi- ating adverse effects of the present war upon Haitian agriculture by assisting in the production of food crops with a view to stabilizing Haitian agriculture and increasing the supply of food available in accordance with the following terms and conditions. 1. The cooperative food supply program may include (a) furnish- ing the Haitian farmers with seeds, planting stock, tools, insecticides, and other similar materials, and establishing grain storage and grain protection facilities in the Republic; (b) training Haitian Agricul- tural personnel; (c) furnishing technical advice and assistance to the Government of Haiti and to the farmers cooperating in increasing food production; and (d) such other projects and activities as may be determined necessary and advisable to stimulate the production of food crops. 2. The Institute will provide a field party of agricultural specialists acceptable to the Minister of Agriculture to assist in the consumma- tion of the cooperative food production program. The field party shall be under the direction of an official who shall have the title of Chief of Field Party, Food Supply Division, The Institute of Inter- American Affairs. This official shall be the representative of the Institute in connection with the program to be undertaken in accord- ance with this agreement. The field party shall be of such size as the Institute, in agreement with the Department of Agriculture, considers appropriate. 3. The cooperative food production program in Haiti shall consist of individual projects to be undertaken for the purpose of implement- ing the program. The projects and the funds allocated therefor shall be mutually agreed upon by the Minister of Agriculture for the Re- public and the Chief of Field Party for the Institute. 4. The cooperative food production program shall be undertaken and administered by the Ministry of Agriculture, with the assistance 3953 The Government. The Institute. Food production program. Field party. Chief of Field Party. Individual projects. Administration

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