Food Crisis Transformation to Sustainable Urban Agriculture in Cuba: Lessons for Indonesia

Catharina Any Sulistyowati, Renny Nurhasana

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Abstract

Urban agriculture has provided many benefits to improve the quality of life, economy, and ecology. Despite its broad benefits, the implementation of urban agriculture in Indonesia is still relatively small compared to its full potential. This paper describes how the severe crisis in Cuba during the Special Period of Peace Time had forced the country to adopt sustainable urban agriculture as one of its policies for achieving food security. The absence of fossil fuel and chemical inputs during the crisis had pushed the country to practice organic agriculture. It used organic fertilizers, biological pest control, local technology, conservation of local seed, and produced for local consumption. Actors and factors are analyzed to understand the context. Based on that, it identified lessons for urban agriculture improvement in Indonesia. Literature review from previous research and publications used as references.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSustainable Architecture and Building Environment - Proceedings of ICSDEMS 2020
EditorsLin Yola, Utaberta Nangkula, Olutobi Gbenga Ayegbusi, Mokhtar Awang
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages161-169
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9789811623288
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
EventInternational Conference on Sustainable Design, Engineering, Management, and Sciences, ICSDEMS 2020 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 8 Dec 20209 Dec 2020

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Volume161
ISSN (Print)2366-2557
ISSN (Electronic)2366-2565

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Sustainable Design, Engineering, Management, and Sciences, ICSDEMS 2020
CityVirtual, Online
Period8/12/209/12/20

Keywords

  • Agriculture policy
  • Cuba
  • Food crisis
  • Food policy
  • Food security
  • Indonesia
  • Sustainable agriculture
  • Urban agriculture

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