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Sustainable urban agriculture in Cuba / Sinan Koont

Author
Koont, Sinan, 1943-
Published
Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2011]
Copyright Date
©2011
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvi, 236 pages) : illustrations
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Contents
Cuban agriculture: historical background and key concepts -- The nature and organization of Cuban urban agriculture -- Foundations in education, research, and development -- Restructuring worker training, preparatory education, and material inputs for urban agriculture -- Creating material and moral incentives to motivate workers -- Technological innovation in urban agriculture: examples from protected and semiprotected cultivation -- Case studies of urban agriculture -- Evaluating the success of Cuban urban agriculture -- Looking to the future of urban and sustainable agriculture: Cuba and worldwide.
Summary
Sinan Koont has spent the last several years researching urban agriculture in Cuba, including field work at many sustainable farms on the island. He tells the story of why and how Cuba was able to turn to urban food production on a large scale with minimal use of chemicals, petroleum, and machinery, and of the successes it achieved--along with the continuing difficulties it still faces in reducing its need for food imports.
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ISBN
9780813040431 (electronic bk.)
0813040434 (electronic bk.)
9780813037578
0813037573
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-224) and index.
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