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• Cienfuegos, the Capital of Urban Agriculture in Cuba

  http://www.cityfarmer.org/cubacastro.html#castro
  An agronomist, professor, and researcher at the University of Cienfuegos, Cuba, writes briefly of the development of urban agriculture in his city. Includes graphs and photos.

• Cuba Goes Green: Government-Run Vegetable Gardens Sprout in Cities Across Island

  http://www.cityfarmer.org/CubaGreen.html#cubagreen
  Details the state-sponsorship of urban agriculture in Cuba in response to the food crisis of the 1990s.

• Cuban Biotechnology

  http://gndp.cigb.edu.cu/
  Includes several abstracts of biotechnology articles written in Cuba in the Publications section.

• Green Cuba

  http://multinationalmonitor.org/hyper/issues/1992/11/mm1192_10.html
  An early article on Cuba's adoption of ecological development practices.

• Havana's Popular Gardens: Sustainable Urban Agriculture

  http://www.cityfarmer.org/cuba.html#cuba
  Describes the growth of sustainable, urban agriculture to confront the food shortages of the 1990s.

• Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI): Country Overview

  http://www.nti.org/country-profiles/cuba/
  Review of Cuban accomplishments in biosciences, with an analysis of their application in bio-warfare.

• Soil Improvement Project

  http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/Guillese/Proyecto.htm
  Highly technical report from a composting study on using biofertilizer, natural minerals, and organic residues to control pollution, recover degraded soil, and improve the substratum. By Dr. Pedro Cairo of Universidad Central de las Villas, Santa Clara, Villa Clara.

• The Application of Deep Ecology in Cuba

  http://trumpeter.athabascau.ca/index.php/trumpet/article/view/148/176
  A deep ecological perspective on contemporary Cuba.

• User Benefits of Urban Agriculture in Havana, Cuba

  http://www.cityfarmer.org/havanaBenefit.html#havanaCUBA
  Complete MSc thesis (McGill University, December 2000) examining the benefits of urban agriculture in Havana.

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