This book documents the experiences encountered during the implementation of agroecology and sustainable agriculture in rural economies and cooperatives in Cuba. It is offered for reflection and learning.
I believe that our achievements speak for themselves. However, we are aware that we have only just begun the journey towards making Cuban agriculture more sustainable, ensuring the food security of the people, and reaffirming our sovereignty over the most essential of human needs: food.
When we began to work with noble intentions, we knew only that our needs were many, and that the obstacles were countless. During the difficult years of the 1990’s, we were looking for alternative solutions, through the turmoil, economic, political, and environmental threats, which became even more brutal under the tightening of the US embargo, which is now approaching 50 bitter years of existence. These circumstances imposed on Cuban peasants, as on all of the Cuban people, a difficult trial: to tolerate the embargo in order to preserve the \achievements of the Cuban Revolution.
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