General information Internal renewable water resources, 2011: 38.12 km3/year Incoming water flow, 2011: 0 km3/year Main food consumed, 2009: vegetables, rice, sugar, wheat, starchy roots, milk, meat, maize, fruits, pulses Rice consumption, 2009: 62.3 kg milled rice per person per year

Production seasons   Planting Harvesting Main Apr-Jul Jul-Aug Dry Dec-Feb Mar-Jun

Write-up taken from the IRRI's Rice Almanac (2013):

Cuba is the main island of the Cuban Archipelago between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. The total population was 11.25 million in 2011. The climate is tropical and fertile plains cover much of the island. Arable land makes up 28% of the total land area of 109,820 km2 and nearly two-thirds are planted to sugarcane, the main crop. Agriculture overall, however, forms only 5% of GDP, while employing a fifth of the workforce.

Source: FAO’s FAOSTAT database online and AQUASTAT database online, as of November 2012.

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