Upon his arrival, he was received by the highest authorities of Villa Clara, Osnay Miguel Colina Rodríguez, member of the Central Committee and first secretary of the Party in the province, together with Governor Milaxy Yanet Sánchez Armas.
Esteban Lazo: «You are helping the country. We need a lot of people like you.”
A stable supply of agricultural and meat products at prices much lower than the average, found the president of the National Assembly of People’s Power and the Council of State, Esteban Lazo Hernández, in the market of the La Veguita farm, owned by the renowned tobacco producer Noel. Rolando Benitez Fernandez.
Accompanied by Ana María Mari Machado, vice president of the National Assembly and the Council of State; Deputy Marta Hernández Romero, coordinator of the permanent work commissions of Parliament, and the highest authorities of the Party and the Government in the province, and the municipality of Remedios, Lazo Hernández was interested in the results of the veguero associated with the CCS “Rodolfo Falcon.”
On 100 hectares, the deputy and president of the Tahón popular council grows tobacco for export, various crops, raises livestock and rustic chickens capable of producing about 1,000 eggs a day, guarantees animal feed and applies science and innovation.
Two international collaboration projects that contribute to self-sufficiency and food sovereignty have allowed the use of cutting-edge technology in production, for the benefit of a rural community of more than 800 inhabitants, as well as residents of Placetas, Zulueta and San José, who also go to the market.
Due to the stability of offers and prices, and the purchasing power of the population, the president of Parliament inquired and asserted: «To have, you have to produce. If you have production, lower prices.
“Why are we not able to generalize this experience?” he asked local authorities, while highlighting the advantages of direct marketing to reduce costs and avoid abusive and speculative prices imposed by intermediaries.
In dialogue with each of the workers chosen in La Veguita, she inquired about the production process, working conditions, salary and satisfaction of the needs of their families. «You are helping the country. We need a lot of people like you,” she told them.
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