Innovations techniques et managériales à Gros Morne : Un héritage de Madian Salagnac

• Main Author: Charles Lilin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institut Veolia Environnement 2013-12-01
• Series: Field Actions Science Reports
• Subjects: Art of doing things; Development project; Gros Morne; Gully erosion; Haiti; Madian-Salagnac
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/factsreports/2816

In the difficult context of Haiti’s mountains (the “mornes”), the sustainable agricultural development project at Gros Morne explored an original strategy for meeting the challenges posed by the decapitalization of agriculture and the deterioration of the environment. This project builds on the legacy of the Madian-Salagnac Center. Its flagship measure is a type of construction that is new to the country: the micro-dam. The project has generated a surge of interest from local decision-makers. Its success is due both to the micro-dam technique itself—a spillway construction with a very small reservoir—and an original “art of doing things” in Haiti. Multiple interventions were ingeniously incorporated, and the project management was remarkable. This paper begins by looking at the technical aspects of the project. It goes on to describe the applied “art of doing things”, the way the project was organized to give expression to that “art”, and the difficulties faced by the dissemination of managerial innovation.