Success and failures of inward-looking development in Cuba (1990-2008): opportunities and problems for small farmers

Elisa Botella-Rodríguez ()

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Abstract: While the rest of Latin America followed outward-looking policies of agrarian development during the 1990s and early 2000s, Cuba implemented an inward-looking model during this period. In the midst of the most severe crisis in its history, the Special Period, Cuba dramatically shifted from export dependency to inward-looking development. Cuba is a unique case in terms of agricultural development. Cuba’s agricultural development model provoked important transformations in the country’s agriculture sector. It revolutionised food production patterns and decentralised land structures and commercialisation. But did these changes create spaces for private small farmers to increase national food production during the 1990s and early 2000s? And if so, what particular spaces were created? This paper explores these questions concentrating on three key dimensions: 1) income and employment; 2) production and productivity levels; and, 3) small farmers’ contribution to national food security.

Keywords: Cuba; small farmers; inward-looking development; food security; agriculture development; land structures (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N56 O11 Q15 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45 pages
Date: 2014-06
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