The family aquaculture is promoted in Las Tunas

These days aquaculture development is gaining strength in the province of Las Tunas through private producers who make agreements with the Pescatún Fishing Company, as part of the Urban, Suburban and Family Agriculture movement, which responds to food production within or in the surroundings of cities and towns.

Favorable behavior of rains during July

The rainfall in July was decisive so that the reservoirs in the province of Las Tunas did not drop below 50 percent of their capacity, since the rains registered in that month behaved at 132 percent in relation to the historical average for that period. 

Achieving high yields per hectare in the sowing of pastures has great economic value

The deficit in food production destined for livestock, mainly in the drought stage, has been a recurring theme in Cuba year after year, hence it was a matter of analysis recently in Las Tunas, with a broad representation of the sector, chaired by Jorge Luis Tapia Fonseca, vice prime minister.

The Vice President referred to the necessary diversification of work in the sugarcane production units

The Cuban Vicepresident, Salvador Valdés Mesa, gave a broad look at the sugar sector in the province of Las Tunas, who indicated working efficiently to transform the sugarcane activity and restore it to the place it has always occupied due to its economic, historical and traditional importance.

One of the priorities is the production and certification of agricultural, botanical and biotechnological seeds

In view of Cuba's difficult economic and financial situation, aggravated by the health crisis associated with Covid-19 disease and the tightening of the U.S. blockade, the province of Las Tunas is promoting food production with the support of its experts, the application of agro-ecological practices and the use of science and technology.