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World Vision: Schwartz Wheat flour Monetization 29 Works Cited Bernadotte, J., Foijgere, W. , Barron, G. P. Nicolas, G. , King, K. W. , Brinkman, G. L And French, C. E. 1959 Appraisal of nutrition in Haiti. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 7: 1. Daines, David 2000 5th Annual General Meeting Caribbean Millers’ Association Held At The Renaissance Jaragua Hotel & Casino In Santo Domingo, Dominicam Republic December 7 – 8, 2000 Haiti Progres 1997 Moulin d’Haiti Behind the sale of the flour millThis Week in Haiti, Vol. 15, no. 34, 12-18 November http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43a/220.html King ,Kendall W., Ph.D., W. H. Sebrell, Jr., M.D.T Elmer L. Severinghaus, M.D1 And Waldemar 0. Storvick, Ph.D.,I With The Cooperation Of Jean Bernadotte, M.D., Hubert Delva, M.D., William Fougere, M.D., Jean Foucald, B.Ph. And Ferdinand Vital 1963 Lysine Fortification of Wheat Bread Fed to Haitian School Children From the Institute of Nutrition Sciences, School of Public Health and Administrative Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 36 Vol. 12, January UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR Democracy, Conflict & Humanitarian Assistance 80 TITLE II PROGRAM POLICIES AND PROPOSAL GUIDELINES FISCAL YEAR 2008 29
World Vision: Schwartz Wheat flour Monetization 30 Notes i The flour mill appears from a distance to have been an exercise in corporate inside maneuvering. It was privatized in 1997 amid a flourish of political turbulence, including the resignation of the Prime Minister who was protesting delays in the promised privatization of some 36 State owned enterprises. In a process that Haiti Progress called ―no transparency at all,‖ seventy percent interest in the mill was sold for US$9 million to a consortium of venture capitalists; specifically, Haitian finance group, Unifinance—comprised of some of Haiti’s wealthiest elite--and two ―mega-agribusinesses,‖ Continental Grains, and Seaboard Corporation of the United States. The actual sale occurred three days before then US secretary of State, Madelaine Albright visited Haiti. The mill was insured by OPIC and proved to be an immediate bonanza. Mill executive David Daines described the consortium’s great fortune as early as 2000 when in a meeting of the Caribbean Millers Association, He observed that the market in Haiti is a big one by Caribbean standards. There are about 7 million people and the mill grinds about 200,000 metric tonnes of wheat per year. Flour, as compared to other food stuffs is declining in price but the market in Haiti has expanded far beyond expectations. There is need for expansion of the flour mill which is now operating at 650 tonnes per day, but that they expected to achieve 750 M.T. by March. He said the mill would need another 100 tonnes capacity to fully supply the market. He also observed that the bran market had increased. He said although there had been some imports, primarily from the Dominican Republic, the market was large enough to absorb this. The mill also produces animal feed. Mr. Daines said that the year commenced with a basic livestock feed mix of soybean, corn, vitamin, mineral and bran. [see Daines, 2000] More information on the alleged big business and corporate charity aspects of LMH come from Haiti Progres (1997). The following are excerpts provided here anyone interested in the fairness of U.S. montetization policies: Continental Grains, which did US$15 billion in sales last year and is into wheat, rice, chickens, finances and a host of other activities in over 50 countries, and Seabord Corporation, which has boats, flour, pork, chicken, etc, and did almost US$1.5 billion in business last year -got a great deal. There is no question who is running the consortium which gets the 70 percent in exchange for promising to invest US$9 million in the mill. (The state retains 30 percent.) In the meantime, it is worth pondering why two of the biggest agribusinesses in the US wanted to get into Haiti. There is certainly money to be made in this captive market. Flour is an essential part of the Haitian diet, and with control of the agribusinesses in the US, the shipping, and the milling, Haiti's flour supply has become more of a monopoly than it ever was, only this time in the hands of two transnationals. But that might not be all. Having Minoterie gives the transnationals a foot in a potential market of 7 million consumers for all the other products they produce, ship and market. In addition to rice, chicken, soy beans, shrimp, cotton, beans and other commodities, both of them are growing producers and exporters of pork, the most-consumed meat in the world and a quickly expanding new US food export, according to a 1966 article in the Kansas City Star. In 1995, for the first time in 44 years, the US became a pork exporter. The top ten producers (Continental is 12th) raised 23 million hogs that year. 30
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