Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in an Era of Oil Scarcity : Lessons from Cuba (Hardcover)

Preface and Acknowledgements.  1. Cuba: Providing the Model for a Post-Petroleum Food System?  2. Post-Petroleum Food Systems: Transition and Change.  3. Researching Cuba.  4. The Historical Context: Cuban Agriculture and Food Systems of the 20th Century.  5. Life After the Crisis: The Rise of Urban Agriculture.  6. From Dependency to Greater Self-reliance: Transformation of the Cuban Food System.  7. Cuban Food Production in the 1990s: A Patchwork of Approaches.  8. Institutional Coping Strategies: Transition and Decentralization.  9. Perspectives on the Mainstreaming of Local Organic Food Systems.  10. Lessons for the Future: Cuba Ten Years On.  Appendices.  Index.