| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 261 pages) : illustrations |
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| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cuba : providing the model for a post-petroleum food system? -- Post petroleum food systems : transition and change -- Researching Cuba -- The historical context : Cuban agriculture and food systems of the 20th century -- Life after the crisis : the rise of urban agriculture -- From dependency to greater self-reliance : transformation of the Cuban food system -- Cuban food production in the 1990s : a patchwork of approaches -- Institutional coping strategies : transition and decentralization -- Perspectives on the mainstreaming of local organic food systems -- Lessons for the future : Cuba ten years on. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sustainable agriculture -- Cuba.
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Sustainable agriculture. |
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Cuba. |
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Agriculture and energy -- Cuba.
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Agriculture and energy. |
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Agriculture and state -- Cuba.
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Agriculture and state. |
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Organic farming -- Cuba.
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Organic farming. |
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Food supply -- Cuba.
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Food supply. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wright, Julia. Sustainable agriculture and food security in an era of oil scarcity. London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2009 9781844075720 (DLC) 2008033034 (OCoLC)228374359 |
| ISBN |
9781849772730 (electronic book) |
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1849772738 (electronic book) |
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9781435699410 (electronic book) |
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1435699416 (electronic book) |
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9781136555954 (electronic book) |
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1136555951 (electronic book) |
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1282044575 |
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9781282044579 |
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9781844075720 (cloth) |
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1844075729 (cloth) |
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9780415507349 (paperback) |
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0415507340 (paperback) |
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