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The promotion of livestock modules grows in Matanzas
In order to increase and diversify food production, 169 livestock modules are already operating in the western province of Matanzas, one of the most relevant alternatives in response to the effects of COVID-19 and the achievement of greater food sovereignty.
Carlos Luis Naranjo Suárez, delegate of the Ministry of Agriculture, told Workers that the best experiences are provided by the productive bases 26 de Julio and Gispert, both in the municipality of Colón, and the Agroforestry Company of Matanzas (AFM), an activity where they also show encouraging signs in aquaculture in and some individual producers. Aimed in conjunction with other programs for the stable supply of food, specifically protein, the option of livestock modules takes firm roots in the El Palmito agroforestry farm, in the town of Guanábana, on the outskirts of the city of Matanzas. Created last year in just 50 days, the settlement of seven warehouses already transcends for its sales of mutton, rabbit, free-range chicken and chicken eggs, as well as for the sale of female precebates of the dark layer variant, class of pig rated as more resistant and better adapted to the climate. Jorge Díaz Mirabal, general director of the AFM, specified that this variant of pigs can perfectly dispense with feed of industrial origin, today very limited in the country, and base its diet on solutions such as cassava yogurt. Díaz Mirabal praised the experience of the person in charge of the farm, an experienced producer who lives there with his wife, in a house created for his stay in a place that has become a national reference, as recognized by the highest executives of the Ministry of Agriculture. He stated that the successes of this livestock module are largely due to the sustained planting plan of cassava, corn, sweet potato, mulberry and king grass promoted by the company, because only in this way can sustainability be achieved, he said. In his opinion, the initiative constitutes a quick way to comply with the program of 5 kilograms of meat per inhabitant promoted by the Cuban State, which is why it is called to be perpetuated over time, he considered. Raidel Cabello Valle, general secretary of the Provincial Union of Agricultural, Forestry and Tobacco Workers, praised the optimal balances that the El Palmito module has been reaching, an example of the good work of the AFM, a company considered the best of its kind in the country and worthy of the condition in Victoria, a movement instituted in Matanzas to recognize the best performances in production and services. Despite the progress of the livestock modules in Matanzas, the option is still far from satisfying the 5 kilograms per person, according to statistics released by the provincial delegation of Agriculture.
