transforming food production in Cuba
/ edited by Fernando Funes ... [et al.].
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Author: Fernando Funes; Asociación Cubana de Técnicos Agricolas y Forestales.; Universidad Agraria de La Habana. Centro de Estudios de Agricultura Sostenible.
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Subjects: Sustainable agriculture -- Cuba; Organic farming -- Cuba; Sustainable development -- Cuba
Creation Date: c2002
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Description:
Prologue : the principles and strategies of agroecology in Cuba / Miguel Altieri --
Introduction : lessons of Cuban resistance / Peter Rosset and Martin Bourque --
Ch. 1. The organic farming movement in Cuba / Fernando Funes --
Ch. 2. Cuban agriculture before 1990 / Armando Nova --
Ch. 3. Cuban agriculture and food security / Marcos Nieto and Ricardo Delgado --
Ch. 4. Transforming the Cuban countryside : property, markets, and technological change / Lucy Martin --
Ch. 5. Social organization and sustainability of small farm agriculture in Cuba / Mavis D. Álvarez --
Ch. 6. Agroecological education and training / Luis Garcia --
Ch. 7. Ecological pest management / Nilda Pérez and Luis L. Vázquez --
Ch. 8. Intercropping in Cuba / Antonio Casanova, Adrián Hernández, and Pedro L. Quintero --
Ch. 9. Mechanization, animal traction, and sustainable agriculture / Arcadio Ríos and Félix Ponce --
Ch. 10. Advances in organic soil management / Eolia Treto ... [et al.] --
Ch. 11. The integration of crops and livestock / Marta Monzote, Eulogio Muñoz, and Fernando Funes-Monzote --
Ch. 12. Green medicine : an option of richness / Mercedes Garcia --
Ch. 13. The growth of urban agriculture / Nelso Companioni ... [et al.] --
Ch. 14. "Cultivo popular" : small-scale rice production / Miguel Socorro, Luis Alemán, and Salvador Sánchez --
Ch. 15. Sugarcane and sustainability in Cuba / Rafael Suárez Rivacoba and Rafael B. Morín --
Ch. 16. Case studies : the mixed experiences of two new cooperatives / Niurka Pérez and Dayma Echevarría --
Epilogue : the unique pathway of Cuban development / Richard Levins.
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Translated from the Spanish.
"Co-published with ACTAF (Asociación Cubana de Técnicos Agrícolas y Forestales) and CEAS (Centro de Estudios de Agricultura Sostenible, Universidad Agraria de La Habana)"
Uniform Title: Transformando el campo Cubano. English.
Publisher: Oakland, Calif. : Food First Books
Format: xx, 307 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm..
Language: English
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Description
This is a story of resistance against all odds, of Cuba’s remarkable recovery from a food crisis brought on by the collapse of trade relations with the former Socialist Bloc and the tightening of the US trade embargo. Unable to import either food or materials needed for conventional agriculture, Cuba turned inward to self-reliance. Sustainable agriculture, organic farming, urban gardens, smaller farms, animal traction, and biological pest control are all part of the new Cuban agriculture. In this book, Cuban authors offer details of these remarkable achievements to serve as guideposts toward healthier, more environmentally friendly and self-reliant farming.
Cuba’s remarkable recovery from a food crisis brought on by the collapse of trade relations with the former Socialist Bloc and the tightening of the US trade embargo came about by the use of sustainable agriculture, organic farming, urban gardens, smaller farms, animal traction, and biological pest control. In Sustainable Agriculture and Resistance: Transforming Food Production in Cuba, Cuban authors offer details—for the first time in English—of these remarkable achievements, to serve as guideposts toward healthier, more environmentally friendly and self-reliant farming.
Sustainable Agriculture and Resistance: Transforming Food Production in Cuba is the story of Cuba’s achievements in the use sustainable agriculture, organic farming, urban gardens, smaller farms, animal traction, and biological pest control to feed the country.
Paperback: 340 pages, illustrated, ISBN 0-935028-87-0
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Praise for Sustainable Agriculture and Resistance
“To understand Cuban agricultural development we must first look at the richness of detail in this volume. Then we have to step back and squint to capture the truly novel pathway of development that Cuba is pioneering. And then once again we have to focus in on the details, and glimpse the processes through which Cuba is creating something truly new and hopeful for all of humanity. ”
—from the epilogue by Professor Richard Levins, Harvard University School of Public Health
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“The Cuban experience has demonstrated that the adoption of agroecological methods can bring about productive and economic benefits in a socially equitable manner. The advances achieved by Cuba…offer a valuable set of lessons for the millions of people throughout the world who are committed to a truly sustainable agriculture.”
—from the prologue by Professor Miguel Altieri, Environmental Studies, University of California at Berkeley
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