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Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in an Era of Oil Scarcityby Julia Wright

There is a great deal of interest in Cuba, including in its radical departure from agricultural policy norms, and in what nations will have to do in the coming years in the context of peak oil. The author has a deep experience of recent transitions in Cuba, and there will be great interest in this book.'. Professor Jules Pretty, University of Essex, UK. 'This is a topical book, now that climate change, the end of cheap oil, growing international disparities and the untenability of the current approaches lead to the insight that business as usual is not in order. The world can learn a great deal from the way Cuba handled its food crisis.'. Niels Roling, Emeritus Professor, Wageningen University, The Netherlands. When other nations... more...