Sustainable Agriculture and Resistance : Transforming Food Production in Cuba

Note from the Editors ix Prologue The Principles and Strategies of Agroecology in Cuba xi Miguel Altieri Introduction Lessons of Cuban Resistance xiv Peter Rosset Martin Bourque PART I: HISTORY, CONTEXT, AND STRUCTURES OF CHANGE The Organic Farming Movement in Cuba 1(26) Fernando Funes Cuban Agriculture Before 1990 27(13) Armando Nova Cuban Agriculture and Food Security 40(17) Marcos Nieto Ricardo Delgado Transforming the Cuban Countryside: Property, Markets, and Technological Change 57(15) Lucy Martin Social Organization and Sustainability of Small Farm Agriculture in Cuba 72(18) Mavis D. Alvarez Agroecological Education and Training 90(19) Luis Garcia PART II: ALTERNATIVE PRACTICES FOR A NEW AGRICULTURE Ecological Pest Management 109(35) Nilda Perez Luis L. Vazquez Intercropping in Cuba 144(11) Antonio Casanova Adrian Hernandez Pedro L. Quintero Mechanization, Animal Traction, and Sustainable Agriculture 155(9) Arcadio Rios Felix Ponce Advances in Organic Soil Management 164(26) Eolia Treto Margarita Garcia Rafael Martinez Viera Jose M. Febles The Integration of Crops and Livestock 190(22) Marta Monzote Eulogio Munoz Fernando Funes-Monzote PART III: EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDIES Green Medicine: An Option of Richness 212(8) Mercedes Garcia The Growth of Urban Agriculture 220(17) Nelso Companioni Yanet Ojeda Hernandez Egidio Paez Catherine Murphy ``Cultivo Popular'': Small-Scale Rice Production 237(9) Miguel Socorro Luis Aleman Salvador Sanchez Sugarcane and Sustainability in Cuba 246(18) Rafael Suarez Rivacoba Rafael B. Morin Case Studies: The Mixed Experiences of Two New Cooperatives 264(12) Niurka Perez Dayma Echevarria Epilogue The Unique Pathway of Cuban Development 276(5) Richard Levins List of Acronyms 281(4) About the Authors 285(3) Directory of Institutions and Authors 288(5) Index 293