Database research record1999·Cuba (Havana)
The greening of the "barrios": Urban agriculture for food security in Cuba
Altieri M.A., Companioni N., Cañizares K., Murphy C., Rosset P., Bourque M., Nicholls C.I.
Agriculture and Human Values
Urban Farm DB summary
This study analyzes Cuba's grassroots urban agriculture movement that emerged after the 1989 Soviet collapse, showing how ~8,000 gardens nationwide operated on agroecological principles without synthetic inputs, providing Havana with thousands of tonnes of produce by 1996.