Resources Tagged: Cuba
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Peggy Bradley This class shows the organoponics movement in Cuba where 60% of their food is grown this way. Shows how to set up one in your own yard.
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1997-12-19 Integrated pest management in Latin America Developments in crop protection Natural Pest Management in Zimbabwe Chinese rice farmers Integrated rice-duck cultivation in Vietnam Trapping the red hairy caterpillar in India Food security and local production of biopesticides in Cuba Natural...
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2002-04-20 Livestock production Livestock Revolution Livestock strategies in Bolivia Climate-soil-pasture-cattle interactions in Brazil Integrated systems Dry rivers Zero grazing in Kenya Cuban experience in integrated farming Llam production in Bolivia Dutch dairy farmers Predatory ants
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2006-06-20 Cuba's enforced ecological learning experience Input substitution or ecological agriculture? The transition process to ecological agriculture in Chiapas, Mexico Towards more sustainable livelihoods Beechenhill Farm finds an organic future Organising for organic agriculture in Tanzania Cabiokid,...
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2009-09-20 Women participate, everybody benefits Technology alone is not enough - Uganda Big business in the forest - Liveria How can Africa feed itself? Getting food sovereignty and women's rights onto the political agenda - Brazil If you don't save seed, you are not a real farmer - Mozamibique...
- This is a story of resistance against all odds, of Cuba's remarkable recovery from a food crisis brought on by the collapse of trade relations with the former Socialist Bloc and the tightening of the US trade embargo. Unable to import either food or materials needed for conventional agriculture,...
- Abstract,Agronomy for Sustainable Development, Springer Verlag/EDP Sciences/INRA, 2017 Over the last three decades, urban agriculture has been improving food security in Cuba by providing fresh vegetables within and on the outskirts of cities and villages. However, organic fertilizers and...
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One of the world's top birding destinations, this Caribbean island is home to 354 recorded species including 21 endemics; the charming Cuban tody, the elegant Cuban trogon and the world's smallest bird, the bee hummingbird. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and...