Cuba: Going Against the Grain
Published: June 2001
» Download Executive Summary (PDF, 154.1 kB)
» Download I. Food Crisis (PDF, 131.6 kB)
» Download II. Cuba's Distinction: Land Reform and a Modernized Peasantry (PDF, 221.4 kB)
» Download III. Reforming Cuban Agriculture (PDF, 454.5 kB)
» Download IV. A New Model of Cuban Agriculture (PDF, 194.3 kB)
» Download V. Conclusion (PDF, 225.3 kB)
» Download Epilogue: Trade Partners, Not Trade Enemies (PDF, 56.8 kB)
» Download Appendices, Endnotes, and References (PDF, 88.2 kB)
Publication Summary
By Minor Sinclair and Martha Thompson
A new Oxfam America report looks at how Cuba has successfully turned a severe food crisis into a sustained recovery in food production. Through a combination of sweeping reforms and innovations in ecological agriculture, Cuba's countryside has changed dramatically.