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A Survey of Agriculture in Cuba (Classic Reprint)
Author: Kathryn Hulen Wylie
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-11-19
Total Pages: 42
ISBN-13: 9780331451191
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from A Survey of Agriculture in Cuba The Revolutionary Government that as sumed power in January 1959 has completely changed the institutional structure of the Cuban economy. All components of the economy agriculture, industry, services, commerce are controlled by the state, and they are mostly state owned and Operated as well. Confiscation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Rural Cuba
Author: Lowry Nelson
Publisher:
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Study of the rural sociology of Cuba - gives historical background, analyses the land tenure system and its evolution, covers climate and seasonal rhythms, plantation and agricultural products, the social structure, family patterns, education, the standard of living of rural workers, etc. Bibliography pp. 276 to 280, references and statistical tables.
A Survey of Agriculture in Cuba
Agriculture and Food Situation in Cuba
Agriculture in the City
Author: María Caridad Cruz
Publisher: IDRC
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 1552501043
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →During the 1990s, several national economies saw their urban food markets collapse. Like Zambia, Mozambique, and Armenia, Cuba responded to this crisis with a food program that included support to urban agriculture: farming in the city. As a result, food prices are increasing, free markets have been reinstated, production cooperatives have been linked with markets, land has been redistributed, and areas under export crops have been converted to domestic food crops. The Cuban government is now calling upon its cities to become more self-reliant for food OCo a focus that is dramatically modifying the landscape, lifestyle, and food supply of Havana residents."
Sustainable Agriculture and Resistance
Author: Fernando Funes
Publisher:
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"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 U.S. embargo. Unable to import either food or the farm chemicals and machines needed to grow it via conventional agriculture, Cuba turned inward toward self-reliance. Sustainable agriculture, organic farming, urban gardens, smaller farms, animal traction and biological pest control are part of the successful paradigm shift underway in the Cuban countryside. In this book Cuban authors offer details-for the first time in English-of these remarkable achievements, which may serve as guideposts toward healthier, more environmentally friendly and self-reliant farming in countries both North and South."--Publisher's description
The Agriculture of Cuba
Farming Cuba
Author: Carey Clouse
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2014-05-27
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 1616893249
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, Cuba found itself solely responsible for feeding a nation that had grown dependent on imports and trade subsidies. With fuel, fertilizers, and pesticides disappearing overnight, citizens began growing their own organic produce anywhere they could find space— on rooftops, balconies, vacant lots, and even school playgrounds. By 1998 there were more than 8,000 urban farms in Havana producing nearly half of the country's vegetables. What began as a grassroots initiative had, in less than a decade, grown into the largest sustainable agriculture initiative ever undertaken, making Cuba the world leader in urban farming. Featuring a wealth of rarely seen material and intimate portraits of the environment, Farming Cuba details the innovative design strategies and explores the social, political, and environmental factors that helped shape this pioneering urban farming program.
Unfinished Puzzle
Author: May Ling Chan
Publisher: Food First Books
Published: 2013-01-01
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 0935028404
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Cuba is widely recognized for its social achievements including health care, education, social security, subsidized food and other benefits and opportunities, despite well-meaning, or sometimes not so well-meaning, international criticisms. For more than 50 years, this Caribbean island has defended and sustained these economic, political, social and cultural gains, and has maintained a commitment to humanitarianism and international solidarity that persists to this day. Part one of Unfinished Puzzle describes the socioeconomic context of Cuban agriculture, the natural environment that affect it and the international political context in which it has developed. Part two explores the unique agricultural policies Cubans implemented to confront the food and economic crises of the early 1990s. Finally, part three examines the lessons to be learned from the Cuban experience with respect to local development, sustainable agriculture, agroecology, food security and food sovereignty. It highlights the elements of the Cuban system most suitable for replication in other countries facing similar circumstances or challenges.
