Abstract

REYNA TRUJILLO, Teresa; FERNANDEZ, Juan Manuel; LOPEZ D., Teresa  and  HERNANDEZ, Ana Luisa. Zonificación pluviotérmica para el cultivo del Amaranthus spp en la provincia de Pinar del río e Isla de la Juventud, Cuba. Invest. Geog [online]. 1998, n.35, pp.135-152. ISSN 2448-7279.

Facing the fast population grow at the global, Latin American and Caribbean levels, efforts to rescue and develop alternative crops with high proteinic value, among other nutriments, are being made Amaranth is an example of a Mexican Prehispanicc crop of a great importance for human and animal nutrition. In this study, potential grow areas for amaranth in Cuba are studied from the climatological point of view. Temperature and precipitation variables are analyzed.

Keywords : Alternative crops; amaranth; potencial climatic zonification.