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Sustainable agriculture and food security in an era of oil scarcity : lessons from Cuba /

Based on original research by the author, who had unique access to the rural areas of Cuba, this book provides the only example of a how a country's agriculture and food supply have coped with conditions of post-peak oil.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wright, Julia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Sterling, Va. : Earthscan, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cuba : providing the model for a post-petroleum food system?
  • Post petroleum food systems : transition and change
  • Researching Cuba
  • The historical context : Cuban agriculture and food systems of the 20th century
  • Life after the crisis : the rise of urban agriculture
  • From dependency to greater self-reliance : transformation of the Cuban food system
  • Cuban food production in the 1990s : a patchwork of approaches
  • Institutional coping strategies : transition and decentralization
  • Perspectives on the mainstreaming of local organic food systems
  • Lessons for the future : Cuba ten years on.