Las Tunas, Cuba.- A dozen of them have already accredited their farms with that condition, 580 are in an advanced phase of the transformation, while the rest take the first steps in that direction.
The implementation of agroecological techniques contributes to continue working without many setbacks in the current fuel supply crisis. Furthermore, it is based on the use of natural products and local knowledge -in the fundamental aspect- for cultivation, fertilization and control of plagues and diseases, which will allow healthier productions and with greater quality, in reasonable quantities and without damaging the environment.
Therefore, the farms of Ílsan Velázquez (Majibacoa), Vidalina Ferrás López and Adalberto Pérez Rodríguez (Puerto Padre) can attest about this improvement, just to mention some of the examples presented by Nardo Pérez Figueira, specialist in Agroecology, Science and Technology in the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP), in Las Tunas.
Las Tunas is whipped by intense and prolonged droughts with soils in its vast majority weakened for that and other reasons. That is why, the Balcony of Eastern Cuba give special priority to the application of different agroecological techniques, to stop the use of chemical fertilizers and ensure health of the land, through the production of earthworm humus, compost, bio-fertilizers, and bio-pesticides, developed by scientific institutions, specifically the Entomophage and Entomopathogenic Research Centers (CREE).
The discreet, but sustained advances that in the matter of food production with alternative techniques are exhibited by the territory are part of the battle that the country is fighting to achieve its food sovereignty.
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