Abstract

FUNDORA, Zoila M et al. Destinos de la producción de diferentes cultivos en fincas rurales de dos provincias de Cuba. cultrop [online]. 2010, vol.31, n.3, pp.00-00. ISSN 0258-5936.

Small rural farm production in Cuba is determined by feeding, social and economic factors, which becomes evident in farmers´ production destiny, depending on the species involved. This work was aimed at characterizing the current situation of four target crops´ production destiny, in 36 rural farms of two provinces of the country, with the objective of enhancing the understanding of the traditional rural systems of production and diversity preservation, including seed systems. The production priority of each of these target crops, concerning the farms tested in both provinces, is the household self-consumption for human and animal feeding. In the case of lima bean, it is not marketed at all. In the case of peppers, the farmers from Pinar del Río province are characterized by growing local varieties and, just by chance, they sell cachucha type if there is a surplus production. In Guantánamo, farmers have a better market of improved pepper varieties. In those crops involved to sales, the highest proportions for this aim are recorded in Guantánamo, especially to the governmental sector. Anyhow, the sale to private sector, especially of maize, is an alternative used in both provinces. These selling alternatives of the traditional cultivars could be definitively a source of motivation for its preservation in these farms. The differential prices for traditional cultivars (diversity-rich products) would also contribute to this genetic pool preservation for the future.

Keywords : production; self-consumption; rural farms; commercialisation; preservation.

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