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CUBA is the main island of the Cuban Archipelago between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. Total population was 11 million in 1999. The climate is tropical and fertile plains cover much of the island. Arable land makes up 24% of the total area and nearly two-thirds is planted to sugarcane, the main crop. Agriculture overall, however, forms only 7% of the GDP, while employing a quarter of the workforce. General information - Internal renewable water resources: 34.5 km3
- Main food consumed: sugar and honey, wheat, rice, oil and fat, meat
- Rice consumption, 1999: 46.2 kg milled rice per person per year
Production constraints
The following are the major constraints to sustainable rice production in Cuba: - Rice hoja blanca virus and blast
- Weed and red rice competition
- Degradation of irrigation systems
- Limited irrigation water supply
- Salinity
- Inadequate credit and input supply
- Low temperature during the flowering stage
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| Mar-Apr | Jul-Aug | Basic statistics, Cuba |
| 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | Rice | Area harvested (ha) | 159,200 | 154,896 | 87,034 | 123,137 | 112,824 | 112,824 | Yield (t/ha) | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | Production (t) | 524,320 | 473,673 | 222,846 | 280,412 | 368,770 | 368,770 | Rice imports (t) | 342,246 | 308,432 | 404,248 | 375,000 | 267,200 | na | Others | Population, total (x103) | 10,115 | 10,628 | 10,964 | 11,116 | 11,160 | na | Population, agriculture (x103) | 2,423 | 2,217 | 2,020 | 1,900 | 1,861 | na | Agricultural area (x103 ha) | 6,222 | 6,960 | 6,920 | 6,665 | na | na | Irrigated agricultural area (x103 ha) | 861 | 890 | 870 | 870 | na | na | Total fertilizer consumption (t) | 585,300 | 580,000 | 244,000 | 169,708 | na | na | Tractors used in agric. (no.) | 68,585 | 77,800 | 78,000 | 78,000 | na | na | Source: FAOSTAT online database. | Click here for a pdf of this information
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