Organopónico Vivero Alamar
Global Network of Lighthouse Farms (Wageningen University & Research)
Global Network of Lighthouse Farms (Wageningen University & Research)
Urban Farm DB summary
This profile of Organopónico Vivero Alamar from Wageningen University's Global Network of Lighthouse Farms describes a UBPC (Basic Unit of Cooperative Production) founded in 1997 by 5 cooperative members, starting as an 800 sqm manually irrigated tree nursery. It has since grown to 10.14 ha with 150 cooperative members, 42 of them women, including nurseries, a 0.45 ha greenhouse, a rustic lab for breeding entomopathogens, a mycorrhizal fungi propagation center, and small-scale fruit and vegetable processing facilities. The page notes the farm has had to close due to COVID-19-related economic hardship and wildfires.
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- 1,997
founding year(organoponico vivero alamar)
Social- region
- Cuba
- 10.14 ha
farm area(organoponico vivero alamar)
Design- region
- Cuba
- 5 count
founding members(organoponico vivero alamar)
Social- region
- Cuba
- 150 count
cooperative members(organoponico vivero alamar)
Social- region
- Cuba
- 42 count
women members(organoponico vivero alamar)
Social- region
- Cuba
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