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Havana’s changing urban agriculture landscape: A shift to the right?

Charles French, Mimi Larsen Becker, Bruce E. Lindsay

Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development

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This study examined urban agriculture in Havana, Cuba, using secondary data and interviews with 11 urban gardeners. It found that while agrarian reforms after 1991 led to the growth of private urban gardens and cooperatives, Cuba's integration with the global economy and adoption of free-market principles have since forced dramatic adjustments in the urban agriculture sector. This shift presents challenges to the sector's original role in food security.