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

  1. Elisa Botella-Rodríguez 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Salamanca
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    Universidad de Salamanca

    Salamanca, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02f40zc51

Revista:
Historia Agraria de América Latina

ISSN: 2452-5162

Año de publicación: 2021

Volumen: 2

Número: 02

Páginas: 1-26

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.53077/HAAL.V2I02.89 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

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Resumen

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.