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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Main Author: Koont, Sinan, 1943-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2011]
Series:Contemporary Cuba.
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