Notes1 Cuba’s livestock industry has undergone dramatic change from the time when Fidel Castro took control of the country’s government in 1959. At the time of the revolution, cattle was the most important component of the livestock and poultry industry. Today, the cattle population in Cuba is less than at the time of the revolution. […]

Over the years substantial areas of forest cover in Cuba have been cleared to make room for grazing land and production of sugarcane. Nearly threefourths of the country at one time was covered by trees. Today, slightly more than one-fourth of Cuba’s land area is in trees–forest cover and wooded land. Forest cover alone accounts […]

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE1 Prior to 1959 the United States was clearly an important trading partner for Cuba. However, the historical trading relationship between the two countries has been far more dynamic than many people realize. For example, in the early 1930s, the United States was providing only slightly over half of Cuba’s total import requirements while […]

Research being conducted at the University of Florida, secondary data and information, and three visits to Cuba— 1993, 1994 and 1996— are the basis for my comments on foreign agribusiness investment in Cuba. Studies by the University’s International Agricultural Trade and Development Center (IATDC) are supported by a grant from the John D. and Catherine […]