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Pastos y Forrajes

Print version ISSN 0864-0394On-line version ISSN 2078-8452

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CASIMIRO RODRIGUEZ, Leidy. Need of an agroecological transition in Cuba, perspectives and challenges. Pastos y Forrajes [online]. 2016, vol.39, n.3, pp.81-91. ISSN 0864-0394.

In Cuba, with a food system highly dependent on imports, transformations are needed in its farming development model; which are mainly based on a more endogenous production and the more efficient use of the locally available resources. Agroecology, as science and practice that promotes food sovereignty, can place those who produce, distribute and consume the farming production at the center of public policies which promote these processes close to the territory and in an ecologically sustainable way, which turns it into a sustainable alternative. This paper presents the current situation of agriculture in the country, its participation in national economy, the role of the cooperative sector and family agriculture in feeding the population; and it also analyzes soil deterioration and sociocultural, climate problems, among others, which suggest the need of alternative agricultural development models and favor the drive of guidelines and decisions around agroecology; reference is made too to the challenges that could support its progressive development. The need of an agroecological transition in Cuba is evident; for which the elements that could support the development of family agriculture in the country on agroecological bases are proposed

Keywords : agroecology; family agriculture; food sovereignty.

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