GAF
Granma complies with the cold planting plan and needs more production
With the planting of 31 thousand 197 hectares in different crops, the province of Granma complies with 108 percent of the sowing plan for the cold season to date.
Meats, grains, fruit trees and vegetables stand out for compliance and volumes, in that order, lines in high demand in the population's diet. According to the information released by the Provincial Agricultural Subdelegation, all agricultural and agroforestry companies and the 13 municipalities complied with food and vegetables.
Meanwhile, the UEB of Media Luna and Niquero, belonging to the Comprehensive Agricultural Company Granma and the agroforestry Batalla de Guisa, remained below the plan in the planting of grains; In fruit trees, Paquito Rosales Benítez, from Yara, fails to comply due to delays in the enlistment of the areas of the productive pole of Veguita.
Likewise, at the end of December 2020, 419 thousand 854 tons were produced in the branch of various crops for 108 percent, although it is far from meeting the needs and the purpose of guaranteeing the 30 pounds per capita set for municipal self-sufficiency.
However, deliveries of corn, beans, coffee and honey were not fulfilled, productions that were greatly affected in crops by low agricultural yields due to the intensification of the United States blockade and the effects of climate change, particularly storms. tropical and intense droughts.
