CONTENTS -- Chapter I: INTRODUCTION -- Urban Agriculture -- Community Economy -- Chapter II: METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE RESEARCH -- Identification of the Regions under Study and Scope of Research -- Selection and Description of the Research Region(s) -- Location of the Regions under Study -- The Research Team -- Chosen Research Tools and Methods and Information Analysis -- Chapter III: EVOLUTION OF URBAN AGRICULTURE IN THE CITY OF HAVANA -- Support and Collaboration for Developing Urban Agriculture in Havana -- Direct Forms of Production in Urban Agriculture. Uses and Types of Soils -- Efficiency Level of Urban Agriculture's Direct Forms of Production -- Support for Urban Agriculture Production. Types and Uses of Soil -- Partnership Modes Among Producers -- General Considerations -- Chapter IV: WATER FOR IRRIGATION PURPOSES, THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK, AND PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN URBAN AGRICULTURE IN HAVANA -- Water for Irrigation Purposes -- Legal Framework -- The Role of Women in Urban Agriculture -- Chapter V: TRADING OF URBAN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN HAVANA -- Trading of Urban Agriculture Products between 1994 and 1998 -- Trading of Urban Agriculture Products from 1998 to the Present -- Regulations Governing the Sales Outlet and the Commercial Licence -- General Considerations -- Chapter VI: PARQUE METROPOLITANO DE LA HABANA PROJECT -- Background -- The Parque Metropolitano de La Habana Project -- Description of Natural Conditions of the Parque Metropolitano de La Habana Site -- History of Urban Agriculture in the Parque Metropolitano de La Habana -- Description of Urban Agriculture in the Parque Metropolitano de la Habana -- The Parque Metropolitano de La Habana Agroforestry Farm -- Nguyen Van Trói Credit and Service Cooperative -- Dispersed Producers in the Parque Metropolitano de La Habana -- General Considerations.

Chapter VII: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STUDY IN THE CAMILO CIENFUEGOS PEOPLE'S COUNCIL ZONE -- Background -- Urban Agriculture Analysis -- Law and Land Use -- Recycling Organic Matter -- Marketing in the Camilo Cienfuegos Popular Council Zone -- Impact of Agricultural Activity on Producers' Families -- Perspectives on the Maintenance and Development of Urban Agriculture in the Area Studied -- General Considerations -- Chapter VIII: INSERTING URBAN AGRICULTURE INTO THE LAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM -- The Physical Planning System in Cuba -- Land Management in Havana -- The Group in Charge of the Integral Development of Havana -- The Involvement of Physical Planning in the Development of Urban Agriculture During the 1990s -- Insertion of Urban Agriculture into Land Management -- Urban Agriculture as a Component of the City's Green System -- General Criteria for Inserting Urban Agriculture into the Land Management System in a Prospective Housing Development Zone: Camilo Cienfuegos -- General Considerations -- Chapter IX: MAIN RESULTS AND IMPACT OF THE RESEARCH PROJECT -- Definition of Components Included in the Evaluation -- Outcome and Impact on Each of the Components Included in the Evaluation -- Projects Supported by the Research Project -- General Considerations -- Chapter X: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Conclusions and Recommendations from the Final Workshop on the Dissemination of Research Findings -- WORKS CONSULTED -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W.