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Soil Improvement Project Highly technical report from a composting study on using biofertilizer, natural minerals, and organic residues to control pollution, recover degraded soil, and improve the substratum. By Dr. Pedro Cairo of Universidad Central de las Villas, Santa Clara, Villa Clara. User Benefits of Urban Agriculture in Havana, Cuba Complete MSc thesis (McGill University, December 2000) examining the benefits of urban agriculture in Havana. Cuba Goes Green: Government-Run Vegetable Gardens Sprout in Cities Across Island Details the state-sponsorship of urban agriculture in Cuba in response to the food crisis of the 1990s. Cienfuegos, the Capital of Urban Agriculture in Cuba An agronomist, professor, and researcher at the University of Cienfuegos, Cuba, writes briefly of the development of urban agriculture in his city. Includes graphs and photos. Havana's Popular Gardens: Sustainable Urban Agriculture Describes the growth of sustainable, urban agriculture to confront the food shortages of the 1990s. Greening of Cuba Full-text article from Earth Island Journal by Peter Rosset, an agricultural ecologist, executive director of Food First, and one of the leading experts on ecological farming in Cuba. The Application of Deep Ecology in Cuba 2000. A deep ecological perspective on contemporary Cuba. Cuban Biotechnology Includes several abstracts of biotechnology articles written in Cuba in the Publications section. Organiponicos in Cienfuegos, Cuba A brief report on organic gardening in Cienfuegos, with some references and pictures. The Nature of Cuba Full-text article from Smithsonian Magazine examines the rich biodiversity of Cuba, and questions whether a rush to develop could undermine it. |
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