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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.
http://www.cityfarmer.org/cubacastro.html#castro - Rate It | Review It | Travel details

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.
http://www.cityfarmer.org/CubaGreen.html#cubagreen - Rate It | Review It | Travel details

Cuban Agriculture
University of Florida study of the Cuban agriculture sector to assess economic implications of lifting the trade embargo.
http://www.cubanag.ifas.ufl.edu - Rate It | Review It | Travel details

Cuban Biotechnology
Includes several abstracts of biotechnology articles written in Cuba in the Publications section.
http://gndp.cigb.edu.cu - Rate It | Review It | Travel details

Green Cuba
An early article on Cuba's adoption of ecological development practices.
http://multinationalmonitor.org/hyper/issues/1992/11/mm1192_10.html - Rate It | Review It | Travel details

Havana's Popular Gardens: Sustainable Urban Agriculture
Describes the growth of sustainable, urban agriculture to confront the food shortages of the 1990s.
http://www.cityfarmer.org/cuba.html#cuba - Rate It | Review It | Travel details

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.
http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/Guillese/Proyecto.htm - Rate It | Review It | Travel details

User Benefits of Urban Agriculture in Havana, Cuba
Complete MSc thesis (McGill University, December 2000) examining the benefits of urban agriculture in Havana.
http://www.cityfarmer.org/havanaBenefit.html#havanaCUBA - Rate It | Review It | Travel details

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