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The restoration of traditional agricultural systems damaged by hurricanes: the case of the Sierra del Rosario

The restoration of damaged agricultural systems, especially in the traditional agriculture is one of the challenges that impose the changing conditions of the planet in the last decades. The objective of the present work was to evaluate the sequels of these phenomena and to put into practice measures to mitigate their effects. It was carried out an evaluation of the damages, 15-30 days after the path of the hurricanes "Gustav" and "Ike", conducted by INIFAT´s specialists and also from Sierra del Rosario´s Ecological Station, located in the territory which manages the area the Reserve of the same name, through the visual registration of the diversity and the performance of surveys. There is no so much loss of species in the majority of the cases, although the affectations were quite serious for the infrastructure of the properties. Among the mitigation measures putted into practice, were the delivery of seed of short cycle species in order to renovate the production, the restoration of lost traditional diversity, the consolidation of the strategy of local seed banks and the biofertilizers delivery to accelerate crops growth. Training and the cooperation among the farmers should be increased, so they could support each other from the moral and material point of view, as well as to incorporate the youths, for the sake of facing the pertinent damages mitigation actions derived from the climatic change.

Title of publication: Revista Agrotecnia de Cuba
Volume: 32
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ISSN: 05683114
Nombre de pages: 77-85
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Organisation: Instituto de Investigaciones Fundamentales en Agricultura Tropical (INIFAT)
Autres organisations: Sociedad Cubana para la Protección de la Naturaleza, Estación Ecológica Sierra del Rosario, Reserva de la Biósfera Sierra del Rosario, ECOVIDA, CITMA, Centro Nacional de Áreas Protegidas, CITMA
Année: 2010
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Pays: Cuba
Couverture géographique: Amérique latine et les Caraïbes
Type: Article de revue spécialisée
Texte intégral disponible à l'adresse: http://www.ausc.co.cu/images/pdf/34_2010/revista2/10.pdf
Langue: Spanish
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