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Hurricanes and agriculture: Losses and remedial actions *
Author(s) -
Hammerton John L.,
George Calixte,
Pilgrim Ronald
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
disasters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.744
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-7717
pISSN - 0361-3666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-7717.1984.tb00892.x
Subject(s) - agriculture , agency (philosophy) , business , rehabilitation , agricultural economics , poison control , natural resource economics , economics , geography , environmental health , medicine , philosophy , physical therapy , archaeology , epistemology
Hurricanes cause serious and long‐term damage to the Agricultural sectors of Caribbean countries. Bananas and tree crops are defoliated, snapped or uprooted and food crops may be flooded or washed away. Recovery takes time and money as both the production bases and the infrastructure are damaged or destroyed. National economies do not have the resources to expedite recovery without aid. An account is given of the actions taken to estimate losses and prepare rehabilitation plans after Hurricanes David (1979) in Dominica and Allen (1980) in St. Lucia and St. Vincent. The implementation of funding agency‐assisted agricultural rehabilitation programmes is also described. Some steps that farmers can take to reduce loss of food are suggested.