In the 1960s, Castro had most of the best agricultural land in Cuba planted with sugar cane.
Before that, Cuba had a thriving fruit and vegetable business that provided the country with food as well as exports.
Castro was no agriculture expert. Many tinhorn dictators, upon ascension to power, suddenly become experts about everything.
Cuba suffered greatly and soon went from a food exporting nation to a net food importing nation.
Ideology can't feed a nation. As in Africa, stupid is as stupid does!
disruptive land reform
Most allotees of the chaotic land reform exercise have snubbed the offer citing lack of government support and incentives to undertake a sustainable farming business.
The fields lie idle
state-of-the-art irrigation equipment and multi-million dollar grain storage facilities are either redundant or have been pillaged.
Justice for Agriculture (JAG) estimates that equipment worth $14,5 billion has been lost in the commercial farming sector to seizures, looting and vandalism.
movable assets have been illegally impounded or looted since February 2000
farmers have to travel from one end of the country to the other but those expenses are not covered."
We only have eight tractors running in the whole district
The new farmers do not have the requisite equipment for land preparation while commercial farmers are not preparing the land either because their future is not certain or they are being stopped by the occupiers,"
fast-track resettled farmers were reluctant to take up the land because of lack of incentives.
lack of clarity and security.
confusion in the sector
refusal to respect human rights and the rule of law have earned it a pariah status.Mesmerized by a Dictator's whims and clouded dreams went the labors of a lifetime to the spoiled, lazy wannabe farmers of Zimbabwe. This blotched government should be removed and farms returned to the rightful owners who know how to farm and the banks can trust.
Bumping for a later read.