
Country profile
Region: Caribbean
Area: 110,860km2(103rd)
Population: 11,089,511(85th)
Major agricultural products: rice, avocado, and bananas
Ethnic song and dance:
Training course
JICA sustainable food system strategy for local industry development, class of 2024
Participant name: Yeliza-san, Michel-san
Organization: Ministry of Agriculture
Projects after taking the training
Yelitza-san’s project
Project name: Agroecology for Cuba
Project outline
Legally regulate agroecology in Cuba, its concepts, principles, and general processes for its promotion and facilitation.
Sustainability of the project
Environmental aspect: Promoting environmentally friendly agriculture
Social aspect: Promoting healthy diets with healthy domestic agricultural products
Economic aspect: Increase the profitability of agriculture by collaborating with the tourism industry
Implemented activities (after three months of the training as of Jan 31, 2025)
・Creation of a temporary, intersectoral, inter-institutional, and multi-stakeholder working group with knowledge in agroecology.
・ Preparation of preliminary draft and draft legal regulation
Michel-san’s project
Project name: Strengthening the coffee value chain with sustainable production in agricultural landscapes in the province of Baracoa
Project outline
Sales of Organic Coffee with high-quality
Sales of some subproducts (liquor or energy drinks)
Promotion of Agrotourism and Ecotourism
Project purpose
Implementing practices that enable the development of sustainable and resilient coffee production systems that promote the care and conservation of biodiversity
Sustainability of the project
Environmental aspect: Environmental friendly coffee production to reduce soil degradation and water pollution
Social aspect: Improving regional economy by strengthening the sustainable coffee value chain (Reducing urban migration)
Economic aspect: Improve the profitability of the regional coffee industry
Implemented activities (after three months of the training as of Jan 31, 2025)
Implemented activities (after three months of the training as of Jan 31, 2025)
- Formation of the working group in charge of preparing the diagnoses of the selected scenarios
- Formation of the working team that will prepare the capacity development program on monitoring, control, and management of biodiversity and natural resources
- Establishment of the working group in charge of preparing the capacity development program
- Formation of the working group in charge of evaluating the coffee value chains
- The forms for the diagnosis and characterization of the selected scenarios were prepared.
The current situation of the proposed project site

Among the threats that were pointed out during the execution of the project, we raised the incidence of weather events that affect the area. This is what happened in October. A brief description of the impact of Hurricane Oscar on the eastern region of Cuba is made.
Visits to the territories have not been possible. These are scheduled to begin in March, so the project execution schedule has been affected.
Develop with key stakeholders a strategy for managing sustainable production systems integrating agricultural landscape and biodiversity.


