Assessing Cuba"s Early Re-peasantisation during the Special Period and beyond (1990-2008)



Título del documento: Assessing Cuba"s Early Re-peasantisation during the Special Period and beyond (1990-2008)
Revista: Historia Agraria de América Latina
Base de datos:
Número de sistema: 000545467
ISSN: 2452-5162
Autors: 1
Institucions: 1UNIVERSIDAD DE SALAMANCA,
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Volum: 2
Número: 02
Paginació: 1-26
País: Chile
Idioma: Español
Resumen en inglés Cuban peasants had a significant role model in the past as they returned to the political agenda after the Revolution, and with particular emphasis during the Special Period, to confront the lack of food imports. The fall of Communism in the wider world forced Cuba to implement an alternative agriculture model that revolutionised production patterns and decentralised land structures and commercialisation. Did these changes create opportunities for small farmers during the 1990s and early 2000s? And if so, what kinds of opportunity were created? This article assesses the initial effects of re-peasantisation in terms of increasing small farmers" incomes and significance in numbers, and their contribution to national food production (considering production and productivity levels), from 1990 to the end of Fidel Castro"s administration.
Resumen en español Cuban peasants had a significant role model in the past as they returned to the political agenda after the Revolution, and with particular emphasis during the Special Period, to confront the lack of food imports. The fall of Communism in the wider world forced Cuba to implement an alternative agriculture model that revolutionised production patterns and decentralised land structures and commercialisation. Did these changes create opportunities for small farmers during the 1990s and early 2000s? And if so, what kinds of opportunity were created? This article assesses the initial effects of re-peasantisation in terms of increasing small farmers" incomes and significance in numbers, and their contribution to national food production (considering production and productivity levels), from 1990 to the end of Fidel Castro"s administration.
Paraules clau: Cuba,
small farmers,
re-peasantisation,
Special Period,
agriculture
Keyword: Cuba,
small farmers,
re-peasantisation,
Special Period,
agriculture
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