Sustainable agriculture and food security in an era of oil scarcity: lessons from Cuba
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London [u.a.]
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2009
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
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| Abstract: | Based on original research by the author, who had unique access to the rural areas of Cuba, this book provides the only example of a how a country's agriculture and food supply have coped with conditions of post-peak oil. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Umfang: | XVI, 261 S. Ill., graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 9781844075720 |
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Autor: Wright, Julia
Jahr: 2009
Contents
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes vii
Preface and Acknowledgements xi
List of Acronyms and Glossary xiii
1. Cuba: Providing the Model for a Post-Petroleum Food System? 1
2. Post-Petroleum Food Systems: Transition and Change 11
3. Researching Cuba 43
4. The Historical Context: Cuban Agriculture and Food Systems 49
of the 20th Century
5. Life After the Crisis: The Rise of Urban Agriculture 81
6. From Dependency to Greater Self-reliance: Transformation of 93
the Cuban Food System
7. Cuban Food Production in the 1990s: A Patchwork of Approaches 135
8. Institutional Coping Strategies: Transition and Decentralization 169
9. Perspectives on the Mainstreaming of Local Organic Food Systems 197
10. Lessons for the Future: Cuba Ten Years On 225
Appendices 243
Index 251
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
Figures
Figure 1.1 International reporting on the transformation towards organic
agriculture in Cuba in the 1990s 3
Figure 3.1 The dynamics of livelihood interactions and their driving
forces as a theoretical framework for research in Cuba 44
Figure 3.2 Map showing the main study areas across three provinces of
Cuba 45
Figure 4.1 Map of Cuba 50
Figure 4.2 Average annual growth in selected agricultural produce,
1976-1989 (000 t) 59
Figure 4.3 Decline in annual production for major crops between 1989
and 1994 70
Figure 6.1 Selected Crop Production Indicators, 1993-99 101
Figure 6.2 The variety of market destinations for banana production in
Havana Province 115
Figure 6.3 The institutional relationships of food system linkages in
Cuba, at 2000 118
Figure 7.1 Area occupied by each type of production system, 1992
compared with 1997 (% of total farm land) 139
Figure 7.2 Farmer identification of the main input constraints to
production, 1999-2000 (% response from sample) 145
Figure 7.3 Coping strategies of one CCS farmer during the Special
Period: continuing with business as usual 155
Figure 7.4 Coping strategies of one UBPC farm during the Special
Period: diversification 156
Figure 7.5 Farmer identification of the main socio-economic constraints
to production, 1999-2000 (% response from sample) 157
Figure 8.1 Plan of the Biotechnology Research Centre for the use of
GM crops in Cuba 192
Figure 8.2 Coexisting industrial and ecological components of the
emerging agricultural support system 194
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Figure 9.1 The organic transition for different disciplines, institutions,
farmers and cropping systems 198
Figure 9.2 Farmers perceptions of the impact of the decrease in
agrochemical availability on livelihood aspects of their
cooperatives during the Special Period 202
Figure 9.3 Farms with and without fuel: maintaining or breaking the
synergies that support farm cooperatives 207
Figure 9.4 The train of thought leading to hesitancy over mainstreaming
of organic or ecological agriculture 209
Figure A. 1 Degree of use of organic techniques and inputs to improve
soil fertility 243
Figure A.2 Degree of use of organic techniques and inputs to control
pests and diseases 243
Figure A.3 Degree of use of alternative water management and
conservation techniques 244
Figure A.4 Degree of use of energy-efficient labour techniques 244
Figure B. 1 Organogram of the institutional structure of the Ministry of
Agriculture and the Ministry of Sugar 246
Tables
Table 4.1 Main agricultural imports and their contribution to total
national food requirements in Cuba, by the late 1980s (%) 64
Table 4.2 Losses of major agricultural imports after the dissolution of
the Socialist Bloc 68
Table 4.3 Sugar exports from Cuba, 1989-93 70
Table 4.4 Changes in the food consumption at level of macronutrients 71
Table 6.1 Selected livestock production indicators, 1986-98 102
Table 6.2 Participation in the supply of crops to the farmers markets,
by farm type 114
Table 7.1 Percentage of farmers receiving technical assistance by
thematic area 153
Table 7.2 Summary of production performance and staff income for
one CPA, between 1983 and 1998 160
Table 8.1 Changes in staffing and structure of MINAG HQ, comparing
1990 with 1998 175
Table 8.2 Input recommendations for sweetpotato from technical
instruction leaflet provided by MINAG, 1998 179
Table 8.3 Input recommendations for commercial maize varieties and
hybrids, from technical instruction leaflets of agricultural
research institutes 180
Table 8.4 Area treated with biological control methods, 1988 to 1998 182
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes ix
Table 9.1 Selection of contrasting opinions on the performance of
organic agriculture based on experiences in the Special
Period 210
Boxes
Box 3.1 Main institutions visited for field data collection, at national,
provincial and municipal levels, in Cuba during 1999-2001 46
Sources of inputs used in Cuba up to 1989 58
Objectives of the National Urban Agriculture Programme,
2001 89
Objectives of the National Nutritional Action Plan 97
The growth of the People s Rice Programme 101
The growth of farm and household self-provisioning 107
The transport connection 110
The organization of food supply in one municipality of
Havana City 118
Hardworking but constrained: food security strategies of
Jose, a CCS farmer in rural eastern Cuba 121
Resourceful with remittances: food security strategies of the
Conejo family living in a provincial town 122
Feeling insecure: food security strategies of the Sanche2
family in Havana City 123
Farmer types in relation to attitude towards agrochemicai
usage 143
Traditional methods for maize production in Cuba, as
described by an elderly CPA cooperative member 152
Coping strategies for farm management during the Special
Period 154
Managing large-scale plantations on a human scale: linking
man to the land 158
The ten-year plan for maize production of MINAG, at 1999 171
Pioneering localized approaches to plant breeding and seed
management 186
Experiences with certified organic citrus production 190
The Cuban organic movement f ACAO) and its achievements
up to 1999 200
Perceptions and practices of organic agriculture by a pioneer
farmer veteran in Havana Province 216
The impacts of a rapid introduction of liberalized markets
on agriculture and rural livelihoods in post-Soviet Eastern
Europe 228
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Box 5.1
Box 6.1
Box 6.2
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Box 6.5
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