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