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Cuban farmers shrug off promise of private ownership

August 20, 2018

Chris Arsenault, Thomson Reuters Foundation

Cuba’s decision to change its constitution and allow private property ownership has been shrugged off by small farmers, who says the island will never feed itself without far broader reform of state-run agriculture. Economists would expect farmers to welcome the shift towards private property after decades of strict government control left the island dependent on food imports and farmers unable to earn a decent living.
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