Cuba all set for another bumper sugarcane crop

[Brad De Long]

>As I recall there was a time (around 1970 I think) when the Cuban government
>wrecked the
>economy mobilizing the entire workforce to try to harvest 10 million tons.
>Afterward, they
>criticized themselves and moved to a more balanced economic strategy.
>
>-Andy English

But in the 1960s they *routinely* harvested 6 million tons. We today 
have better selectively-bred cane stalks, better fertilizers, more 
labor-saving machinery, Cuba has the same land as then...

What gives?

Brad DeLong