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Abstract
Peanuts are a valued cash crop for the majority of rural Haitian subsistence farmers, and they are also important for their protein content. Local peanut varieties and antiquated farm management dominate the Haitian peanut sector, leading to vast inefficiencies throughout the value chain. Non-governmental organizations such as Meds and Foods for Kids (MFK) and Acceso have embarked on a training and education mission, backed by researchers from the University of Georgia (UGA), to provide Haitian peanut farmers with some modern-day tools to increase peanut yields as well as raise household incomes. This thesis provides a description of the peanut value chain in Haiti, analyses the effect of fungicide applications on peanut yield, and economic profits using trials conducted in two major peanut producing regions in Haiti. A varying price scheme is also applied to peanut yield results to provide additional insight into potential revenues that would be realized by Haitian farmers. The results showed overwhelmingly that net farm-level incomes increase significantly given a small up-front investment in disease management.