Reinventing the Cuban sugar agroindustry / edited by Jorge F. Pérez-López and José Alvarez.

Other author Pérez-López, Jorge F.
Other author Álvarez, José, 1940-
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham, MD : Lexington Books, ©2005.
Descriptionxxv, 323 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

SeriesRural economies in transition
Rural economies in transition. ^A535378
Contents Background of Cuba's sugar agroindustry -- The historical geography of Cuba's sugar landscape / Joseph L. Scarpaci and Armando H. Portela -- The Cuban sugar agroindustry at the end of the 1990s / Jorge F. Pérez-López and José Alvarez -- The technical transformation of Cuba's sugar agroindustry / Brian H. Pollitt -- Patterns of Cuba's international sugar trade / G.B. Hagelberg -- The changing international environment -- World sugar supply and demand until 2010 and beyond / Sergey Gudoshnikov -- Sugar trade liberalization: the WTO and regional free trade agreements / Tim Josling -- The U.S. market as an option for Cuban sugar / Devry S. Boughner and Jonathan R. Coleman -- Transition issues -- The restructuring of Cuba's sugar agroindustry, 2002-2004 / José Alvarez and Jorge F. Pérez-López -- Cuba's costs of sugar production: past, present, and future / G. B. Hagelberg and José Alvarez -- Expropriation claims involving the Cuban sugar industry / Matías F. Travieso-Díaz -- Potential paths for the Cuban sugar agroindustry -- Sugarcane varieties and their role in diversification / Guilherme Rossi Machado Jr. -- The feasibility and benefits of a rice-sugarcane rotation / José Alvarez and George H. Snyder -- Sugarcane and its by-products for cattle feed / Findlay M. Pate -- Organic sugar: a real opportunity for Cuba? / Lindsay Jolly -- Sugar, ethanol, and electricity: the diversity that can save the sugarcane sector / Pedro E.P. de Assis -- The sugarcane biorefinery / Sergio C. Trindade -- Lessons from the restructuring of the sugar agroindustry of the Dominican Republic / Jehová Peña -- Reinventing the Cuban sugar agroindustry: challenges and opportunities / Jorge F. Pérez-López.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005001208
ISBN0739109995 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0739110004 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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