The Greening of the Revolution: Cuba's Experiment with Organic AgriculturePeter Rosset, Medea Benjamin The first detailed account of Cuba's turn to a system of organic agriculture prepared on an international scientific delegation and fact-finding mission on low-input sustainable agriculture which visited Cuba in late 1992. |
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Chapter 2 | 20 |
Management of insect pests plant diseases and weeds | 35 |
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Common terms and phrases
able achieve agricultural Alternative Model animal application areas bacteria beans become biocontrol biological control called centers chemical Classical communities conventional cooperatives corn countries crisis crop Cuba Cuba's Cuban Cuban agriculture culture dependence diet diseases economy effective efforts Exchange experiment export farmers farms fertilizers field figures gardens Havana implementation imported increase inputs insect Institute knowledge labor land Latin America levels low-input major manure mass material methods MINAGRI Ministry natural needs officials organic Pastor percent pest pesticides planning plant plantains population practices present problems production promote Protection protein rates reduce requires rice rotation salinization scientific scientists sector seed severe socialist bloc soil Source Special Period species success sugar sugarcane supply sustainable sweet potato Table techniques tobacco trade United urban variety waste weed
References to this book
A World of Difference: Society, Nature, Development Philip W. Porter,Eric Sheppard No preview available - 1998 |