| Reinventing the Cuban Sugar Agroindustry Contributor(s): Pérez-López, Jorge F. (Editor), Alvarez, José (Editor), P. de Assis, Pedro E. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0739110004 ISBN-13: 9780739110003 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $54.44 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2005 Annotation: The demise of the international socialist community led to a loss in preferential markets for Cuban sugar industry. In response to the current crisis this volume gathers over a dozen recognized world experts on Cuban agroindustry to analyze specific topics and make recommendations that would reinvent the industry for effective transition to a free market environment. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - General - Business & Economics | Industries - General |
| Dewey: 338.476 |
| LCCN: 2005001208 |
| Series: Rural Economies in Transition |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 6.14" W x 9.06" (1.17 lbs) 350 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
