LEADER 03516oam 2200709I 450 001 9910782743603321 005 20230721004731.0 010 $a1-136-55594-3 010 $a1-136-55595-1 010 $a1-282-04457-5 010 $a9786612044571 010 $a600-00-1233-0 010 $a1-84977-273-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9781849772730 035 $a(CKB)1000000000707742 035 $a(EBL)430221 035 $a(OCoLC)308528506 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000254309 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11222435 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000254309 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10208653 035 $a(PQKB)10988518 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC430221 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL430221 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10275363 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL204457 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000707742 100 $a20180706d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSustainable agriculture and food security in an era of oil scarcity $elessons from Cuba /$fJulia Wright 210 1$aLondon ;$aSterling, Va. :$cEarthscan,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (281 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-50734-0 311 $a1-84407-572-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aSustainable Agriculture and Food Security in an Era of Oil Scarcity: Lessons from Cuba; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Glossary; 1. Cuba: Providing the Model for a Post-Petroleum Food System?; 2. Post-Petroleum Food Systems: Transition and Change; 3. Researching Cuba; 4. The Historical Context: Cuban Agriculture and Food Systems of the 20th Century; 5. Life After the Crisis: The Rise of Urban Agriculture; 6. From Dependency to Greater Self-reliance: Transformation of the Cuban Food System 327 $a7. Cuban Food Production in the 1990s: A Patchwork of Approaches8. Institutional Coping Strategies: Transition and Decentralization; 9. Perspectives on the Mainstreaming of Local Organic Food Systems; 10. Lessons for the Future: Cuba Ten Years On; Appendices; Index 330 $aWhen other nations are forced to rethink their agricultural and food security strategies in light of the post-peak oil debate, they only have one living example to draw from: that of Cuba in the 1990s. Based on the first and - up till now - only systematic and empirical study to come out of Cuba on this topic, this book examines how the nation successfully headed off its own food crisis after the dissolution of the Soviet Bloc in the early 1990s. The author identifies the policies and practices required for such an achievement under conditions of petroleum-scarcity and in doing so, 606 $aAgriculture and energy$zCuba 606 $aAgriculture and state$zCuba 606 $aFood supply$zCuba 606 $aOrganic farming$zCuba 606 $aSustainable agriculture$zCuba 615 0$aAgriculture and energy 615 0$aAgriculture and state 615 0$aFood supply 615 0$aOrganic farming 615 0$aSustainable agriculture 676 $a338.1/87291 700 $aWright$b Julia.$0888244 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782743603321 996 $aSustainable agriculture and food security in an era of oil scarcity$93723774 997 $aUNINA