The cooperative and peasant sector of Sancti Spíritus, within the framework of the celebration of July 26, promotes agricultural production and strengthens attention to rural workers.
Eidi Díaz, president of the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP) of the territory, told the press that progress is being made in food sovereignty, in stimulating production, defending it and investing its economic benefits in new projects.
Currently, sowing is intensifying, which will contribute to the marketing of the products demanded by the population. As well as identifying the potential of each cooperative member to fulfill in the current campaign.
The peasant sector guarantees the highest percentage of the agricultural basket, viands, vegetables, and exotic fruits that are produced in rural areas such as mamey, loquat, cherimoya, among others.
Progress is being made to reach five kilograms of animal protein per inhabitants, with the increase in goat, sheep and rabbit breeding.
Jaile Rabelo, mayor of the main municipality, in conversation with Prensa Latina, highlighted the participation of specialists from university centers to achieve greater production, resources and means to combat pests and diseases, as well as the planting of new varieties of crops.
The designation to Sancti Spíritus of the central act for the Day of National Rebellion by the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party is a reason to reborn laurels in all activities such as production, defense, health maintenance, education, shopping centers , he indicated.
In rural activities, there is an increase in the incorporation of women and young people in search of increasing the workforce.
The government, he explains, is working to stimulate farmers, eliminate non-payments to producers, as well as incorporate them into projects that allow the generation of foreign currency.
In the territory of Sancti Spiritus, outstanding producers have been identified who have demonstrated full use of their lands, which results in greater production volumes and achieving stability in the supply to the population.
Another benefit that producers receive, he said, is the use of bank loans offered by the State, for their good employment they receive assistance from bank specialists.
Updating the economic model requires strengthening the productive base, sustaining growth in production, producing with quality and efficiency to satisfy the demand for food and influencing prices to fall.
Each project, strategy, requires as an essential complement to work and do it efficiently, to be productive and to think that products have to come from the earth to bring them to the population, he concluded.
