The transformation of the state extensive growth model in Cuba's sugarcane agriculture

Lázaro Castellanos and Jose Alvarez

Agriculture and Human Values, 1996, vol. 13, issue 1, 59-68

Abstract: The high levels of land use, inputs, and investment, along with the specific forms of organization and management that characterized Cuba's state extensive growth model during the 1980s, could not overcome the challenges posed by the integrated care required by the sugarcane crop and corresponding industrial activities. Starting in 1993, large state farms have been converted into Basic Units of Cooperative Production with some degree of autonomy. Although first-year production results are not satisfactory, it is too early to evaluate their performance. Their establishment, however, is a step in the right direction to alleviate the problems that the previous forms of organization and management inherent to the state extensive growth model were unable to solve. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1996

Date: 1996
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