1. Cuba: land and livelihood
Eduardo Fco. Freyre Roach, PhD, UNAH

2. 1990 Crisis

3. Agrarian and food police today: keys strategies:
Des-centralization of:
Land tenure
Market
Making-power decision
Distribution
Sustainable Development:
Conservation of Environment
Reduction of importations
Food self-sufficiency
Reduction of Rural Exodus

4. Results:
Des-centralization of 60 % of State land
Decrees-Laws of Nontransferable usufruct of the land
Cooperatives, 37% of the land, 60 % of the total agricultural output.
3 % of the land can be used for non agricultural use.
The workforce in agriculture has grown from 17 % in 2008 to 29 % in 2015.
1994 and 2004 cooperative monthly earnings growth of 445%.

6. Decree-law 81: Agriculture Sustainable: Project and Programs

7. Rational Card
Subsidizing persons and not food???????

8. The U. S. International Trade Commission
The U.S. International Trade Commission. US companies are already lining up to export agricultural chemicals and processed foods to Cuba.
The Coalition of Organic Industry Leader encourages Cuban officials to resist conventional American food and agribusinesses invest and the expansion of transgenic crops and agrofuels.

9. . “While we are not sure whether Cuba represents an opportunity for us, it is important for us to understand the dynamics of the markets that our competitors are exploring.”