Highly technical report from a composting study on using biofertilizer, natural minerals, and organic residues to control pollution, recover degraded soil, and improve the substratum. By Dr. Pedro Cairo of Universidad Central de las Villas, Santa Clara, Villa Clara.
Complete MSc thesis (McGill University, December 2000) examining the benefits of urban agriculture in Havana.
Details the state-sponsorship of urban agriculture in Cuba in response to the food crisis of the 1990s.
An agronomist, professor, and researcher at the University of Cienfuegos, Cuba, writes briefly of the development of urban agriculture in his city. Includes graphs and photos.
Describes the growth of sustainable, urban agriculture to confront the food shortages of the 1990s.
Full-text article from Earth Island Journal by Peter Rosset, an agricultural ecologist, executive director of Food First, and one of the leading experts on ecological farming in Cuba.
2000. A deep ecological perspective on contemporary Cuba.
Includes several abstracts of biotechnology articles written in Cuba in the Publications section.
An early article on Cuba's adoption of ecological development practices.
Research articles and books on sustainable agricultural practices.
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