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Cuba is now one of the world leaders in biofertilisers, with
a highly impressive production of organic food. This agricultural
approach has breathed new life into rural communities and
done a great deal to stem rural migration to urban areas.
It is the envy of international organizations promoting organic
farming and sustainable development. Cuban farmers and researchers
are applying traditional and alternative technologies to food
production and forging ahead towards their ultimate goal of
total sustainability.
Another area in which an innovative approach has been applied
is that of urban agriculture. Havana is the largest city in
the Caribbean, housing 20% of Cuba’s population. Food
shortages and the lack of fuel for distribution had a catastrophic
effect on the city in the early nineties so the establishment
of private gardens, state-owned research gardens and popular
gardens employing around 25,000 urban farmers has been of
inestimable value in maintaining the capital’s food
supplies. The popular gardens range in size from a few square
metres to large plots of land which are cultivated by individuals
or community groups. They yield important food supplies to
local communities in addition to the medicinal plants prescribed
for all manner of ailments by local yerberos. more>>
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