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Urban Agriculture: Higher Yields and Better Results

Category: Santiago de Cuba
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agriculturaurbanaNotwithstanding the severe drought affecting Cuba, and especially Santiago de Cuba, is being working very hard this year, which concerning the specialists and experts in the field, continues to set a sure path to the conquest of higher agricultural production to feed the population through urban, suburban and Family Agriculture Movement.
This time, it was in early September reached by the National Group, headed by Elda Ramos Ramos, with good news for the santiagueros, who in the course of the route number 70 reached the rating of Good, in correspondence with the positive result shown to date on this important economic activity.
The whole country defies strong commitment to deliver a high volume of tons of vegetables this year, while Santiago de Cuba as well as the rest of the Cuban provinces, is no slouch in this endeavor and will also provide their figures committed to the national plan.
The tour also showed that comprehensively advances in the nine municipalities, however it is required to transform and solve the problems shown by the subroutines associated with land use, food production , agroecological pest management, and training.
It was on this occasion the mountainous villages of Tercer Frente, Segundo Frente and Songo-La Maya occupying the first, second and third place, in that order, while most backward remaining San Luis Palma Soriano and Guamá, where despite being more severe drought, it is necessary to work on the strategy of crops in the semi Alvaro Reynoso, and intensive orchard La Estrella, from the community of Mahogany and AZCUBA respectively.
Similarly, they echoed the progress on the previous tour, saying that members of the National Group, rose to higher levels with greater efficiency and vegetable production, vegetables and fresh condiments, as well as other subprograms.
The new stage of work required to consolidate juicers certified, comply with agreed delivery of vegetables to tourism, strengthen revalidated farms flowers, complete with 20 species nine fruit farms newly created planting broccoli ensure the transfer of First organoponics January and Abel Santamaria # 1 of Santiago de Cuba and follow the digester area of Puerto Escondido, in the Second Front, among other measures.
What comes now is to harness more technology in agriculture, labor discipline and above all find effective alternatives for mitigating the effects of drought, in order to achieve higher production which directly influence the gradual satisfaction of feeding the people.
On this occasion, several conditions were extended, including the National Reference and Excellence farm yards, UBPCs, CPA, CCS and producers, for its sustained efforts in the Agriculture Movement urban, suburban and Family.
Elda Ramos, member of the National Group, meant that the province has a lot of potential to remain at the forefront of the country, and called to continue working with the commitment to better use of resources, improve the efficiency of the units in operation, and increase yields because improving represents more food for the people.
It is necessary to continue working to pace the 500th anniversary of the founding of the town of Santiago de Cuba and 62 of the deeds of Moncada said Lázaro Expósito Canto, member of the Central Committee and first secretary of the Party in the province, who congratulated the men and women integrated to the Movement, and urged meeting commitments to the people.

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