Notes1 “Con la crisis, el consumo de un conjunto de importantes nutrientes de la dieta establecida como mínima para el buen funcionamiento del organismo está muy por debajo de los parámetros establecidos, atentando contra la seguridad alimentaria.” —Togores y García, 2003, p. 13 Carmelo Mesa-Lago (2003) ha escrito un influyente ensayo con propuestas específicas para […]

Notes1 Cuba’s farming cooperatives constitute the dominant organizational form within Cuban agriculture. Some 3,600 cooperative farms manage about 56% of Cuba’s croplands. They grow food for national consumption and for export, and provide full-time jobs for around 300,000 cooperative members.2 They supply a variety of social benefits for members and their families: over a million […]

Notes1 Current U.S.-Cuba relations deny two-way agribusiness trade. Many analysts believe removal of U.S. economic sanctions on Cuba and a democratic freemarket Republic of Cuba would open the door for multi-billion dollar trade and investment in food and agriculture between the two countries. This paper provides background information on U.S.-Cuba food and agricultural trade, and […]