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Reinventing the Cuban Sugar Agroindustry
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Overview
One of the key issues that faces Cuban policymakers today, and will continue to face them, is what steps to take in order to ensure the future of the sugar industry. In 2002, nearly one-half of the country's cultivated land was occupied by the 156 fully functional sugar mills, more than a dozen plants and refineries, and the complex transportation infrastructure brought about by the commerce. The loss of preferential markets for Cuban sugar that arose from the demise of the international socialist community constitutes a crisis that the Cuban government has only begun to address, with a radical restructuring plan that would foresee the reduction of sugar land and the elimination of about 100,000 jobs, for increased economic emphasis on tourism.The radical premise of this volume is that there is a future in the twenty-first century for a reinvented Cuban sugar agroindustry, responsive to market signals, organized around smaller and more agile production units, producing raw sugar as well as high value-added outputs, and using some of the facilities to produce ethanol and generate electricity. The editors have asked over a dozen recognized world experts on Cuban agroindustry to analyze specific topics and make recommendations that would not only reinvent an industry for effective transition to a free-market environment but that has the potential to reinvigorate the Cuban economy, providing employment opportunities and generating wealth for generations of Cubans to come.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780739110003 |
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Publisher: | Lexington Books |
Publication date: | 07/08/2005 |
Series: | Rural Economies in Transition |
Pages: | 350 |
Product dimensions: | 6.66(w) x 8.94(h) x 1.08(d) |
About the Author
José Alvarez, professor of food and resource economics at the University of Florida's Everglades Research and Education Center, Belle Glade, is a recognized expert on Cuba's agricultural issues and on the sugar agroindustry.Jorge F. Pérez-López, an international economist, has conducted research and written on many aspects of the Cuban economy, including national income accounting, energy issues, and foreign trade and investment.
Table of Contents
Part 1 Background of Cuba's Sugar AgroindustryChapter 2 The Historical Geography of Cuba's Sugar LandscapeChapter 3 The Cuban Sugar Agroindustry at the End of the 1990sChapter 4 The Technical Transformation of Cuba's Sugar AgroindustryChapter 5 Patterns of Cuba's International Sugar TradePart 6 The Changing International EnvironmentChapter 7 World Sugar Supply and Demand Perspectives Until 2010 and BeyondChapter 8 Sugar Trade Liberalization: The WTO and Regional Free Trade AgreementsChapter 9 The U.S. Market as an Option for Cuban SugarPart 10 Transition IssuesChapter 11 The Restructuring of Cuba's Sugar Agroindustry, 2002-04Chapter 12 Cuba's Costs of Sugar Production: Past, Present, and FutureChapter 13 Expropriation Claims Involving the Cuban Sugar IndustryPart 14 Potential Paths for the Cuban Sugar AgroindustryChapter 15 Sugarcane Varieties and Their Role in DiversificationChapter 16 The Feasibility and Benefits of Rice-Sugarcane RotationChapter 17 Sugarcane and Its By-Products for Cattle FeedChapter 18 Organic Sugar: A Real Opportunity for Cuba?Chapter 19 Sugar, Ethanol, and Electricity: The Diversity that Can Save the Sugarcane SectorChapter 20 The Sugarcane BiorefineryChapter 21 Lessons from the Restructuring of the Sugar Agroindustry of the Dominican RepublicChapter 22 Reinventing the Cuban Sugar Agroindustry: Challenges and OpportunitiesFrom the B&N Reads Blog
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