TY  - BOOK
AU  - Koont,Sinan
TI  - Sustainable urban agriculture in Cuba
T2  - Contemporary Cuba
SN  - 9780813040431 (electronic bk.)
AV  - S477.C9 K66 2011eb
U1  - 630.97291/091732 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Gainesville, FL
PB  - University Press of Florida
KW  - Sustainable agriculture
KW  - Cuba
KW  - Urban agriculture
KW  - Agriculture and state
KW  - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / General
KW  - Agriculture and state --Cuba
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Sustainable agriculture --Cuba
KW  - Urban agriculture --Cuba
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-224) and index; 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
N2  - 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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