Sustainable Agriculture and Resistance
This is the story 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. trade embargo. Unable to import either food or the farm chemicals and machines needed for conventional agriculture, Cuba focused inward on 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...
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Notes from the EditorsPrologue: The Principles and Strategies of Agroecology in CubaIntroduction: Lessons of Cuban ResistancePt. IHistory, Context, and Structures of ChangeCh. 1The Organic Farming Movement in Cuba1Ch. 2Cuban Agriculture Before 199027Ch. 3Cuban Agriculture and Food Security40Ch. 4Transforming the Cuban Countryside: Property, Markets, and Technological Change57Ch. 5Social Organization and Sustainability of Small Farm Agriculture in Cuba72Ch. 6Agroecological Education and Training90Pt. IIAlternative Practices for a New AgricultureCh. 7Ecological Pest Management109Ch. 8Intercropping in Cuba144Ch. 9Mechanization, Animal Traction, and Sustainable Agriculture155Ch. 10Advances in Organic Soil Management164Ch. 11The Integration of Crops and Livestock190Pt. IIIExamples and Case StudiesCh. 12Green Medicine: An Option of Richness212Ch. 13The Growth of Urban Agriculture220Ch. 14"Cultivo Popular": Small-Scale Rice Production237Ch. 15Sugarcane and Sustainability in Cuba246Ch. 16Case Studies: The Mixed Experiences of Two New Cooperatives264Epilogue: The Unique Pathway of Cuban Development276List of Acronyms281About the Authors285Directory of Institutions and Authors288Index293
