USDA Survey: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Guam, American Samoa

Report Foreword: The purpose of this report is a beginning effort to respond to concerns made known to the U. S. Department of Agriculture by the Office of Territorial Affairs of Department of the Interior. The objective of these concerns was directed toward assessing the needs for extending the benefits of several USDA services and programs to enhance the development of agriculture in the several Territories of the Pacific Islands. The various sections of this report attempt to portray in summary fashion the many observations, references to previous studies, together with discussions with government officials and farm operators during a four-week tour of the islands in February-March 1975. Prepared by the USDA survey team this report is intended to make available in convenient form a variety of needs of these territories from the U. S. Department of Agriculture.