TY - BOOK ID - 77941290 TI - Agriculture in the city : a key to sustainability in Havana, Cuba AU - Cruz, Maria Caridad. AU - Sanchez Medina, Roberto. PY - 2003 SN - 1280717548 9786610717545 1552501043 9781552501047 PB - Kingston, Jamaica : Ottawa, ON, Canada : Ian Randle Publishers ; International Development Research Centre, DB - UniCat KW - Urban agriculture KW - Sustainable agriculture KW - Low-input agriculture KW - Low-input sustainable agriculture KW - Lower input agriculture KW - Resource-efficient agriculture KW - Sustainable farming KW - Agriculture KW - Alternative agriculture KW - Urban farming KW - Land use, Urban KW - E-books UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77941290 AB - During the 1990's, several national economies saw their urban food markets collapse. Like Zambia, Mozambique, and Armenia, Cuba responded to this crisis with a food program that included support to urban agriculture: farming in the city. As a result, food prices are increasing, free markets have been reinstated, production cooperatives have been linked with markets, land has been redistributed, and areas under export crops have been converted to domestic food crops. The Cuban government is now calling upon its cities to become more self-reliant for food – a focus that is dramatically modifying ER -