Urban, suburban and family agriculture in Cuba. The producers’ perception
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Urban agriculture represents a significant alternative for the improvement of food security in an urbanized planet. In Cuba, it was consolidated since 1994 as an intensive production system (Urban, Suburban, and Family Agriculture System) across the country, which mission was to contribute to the local self-supply of agricultural products, with the participation of three principal actors: producers, decision makers and consumers. This work aimed to analyze the functionality of the system, from the producer’s perception. In order to achieve this, a poll was applied to 519 producers from six municipalities, in three selected provinces. The producers’s evaluation about the system showed remarkable differences between the studied variables at the country level, and between the included territories. It was evident that in the system there is a marked interest in the application of agroecological practices that can improve the biodiversity and the use of ecosystemic services, and, if necessary, organic sources like compost and worm humus for nutrition of the plants are used, such as biopesticides and other non-aggressive alternatives for pest management.
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