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July 31, 2008

Fresh Produce for City-Dwellers

by Patricia Grogg, Inter Press Service, Italy - Urban farming has taken off in Cuba over the last two decades, based on low-cost agro-ecological practices and a stable labour force, and could serve as a model for the rest of the agriculture sector in this period of reforms.

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