Agricultural policies, nutritional and food security and food sovereignty: Lights and shadows of the Cuban case (1900-2015)

Abstract

Considering FAO's definition of multidimensional Food and Nutritional Security (FNS), this paper discusses agricultural policies implemented in Cuba during the Special Period. e article particularly focuses on those policies implemented by Raul Castro's Administration and their impact on the different dimensions of FNS: accessibility, availability, utilisation and stability (Food Security indicators) from 1990 to 2015. e paper also proposes a fih dimension of FNS based on autonomy and food import substitution. is dimension is an attempt to relate food sovereignty and food security in the particular circumstances of Cuba.