In the last thirty years, Cuba and its capital Havana have become homes to one of the most vibrant urban agricultural movements in the world. This article argues that urban agriculture (UA) became the epitome of a broader movement of “agricultural revolution” that followed the collapse of the previous, capital intensive, monocultural agro-export model. It contends that this transformation revolved around three pillars – land redistribution, agricultural diversification, and agroecology – that account for a transition from food security to food sovereignty. It also presents the results of interviews conducted in Havana with urban farmers to assess the impact that UA has on their family’s diet and food security. The research demonstrates that UA guarantees a heightened feeling of independence to urban farmers and has a tremendous impact on their food security and diversity, most notably through autoconsumption. It also shows that community needs, use value, and the decommodification of food and land are the driving principles of UA in Cuba, which is in line with the food sovereignty model.

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古巴的粮食安全、粮食主权和城市农业


在过去的三十年里，古巴及其首都哈瓦那已成为世界上最具活力的城市农业运动之一的发源地。本文认为，随着之前的资本密集型、单一文化农产品出口模式崩溃，都市农业（UA）成为更广泛的“农业革命”运动的缩影。报告认为，这一转变围绕着三个支柱——土地再分配、农业多样化和农业生态——实现了从粮食安全到粮食主权的转变。它还介绍了在哈瓦那对城市农民进行的采访结果，以评估UA对其家庭饮食和粮食安全的影响。研究表明，普遍获得保证了城市农民的高度独立感，并对他们的粮食安全和多样性产生巨大影响，尤其是通过汽车消费。它还表明社区需求、使用价值以及粮食和土地的非商品化是古巴普遍获得的驱动原则，这符合粮食主权模式。