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Sustainable Urban Agriculture in Cuba /

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,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Koont, Sinan, 1943-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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