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Las Tunas fulfilled its cold sowing campaign and begins the spring campaign
The cold planting campaign was completed in the province of Las Tunas by accounting for 20,820 hectares (ha), some 220 more than planned, according to Reynaldo Brito Pérez, deputy delegate of Various Crops in the local Delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture. Farming.
These results do not satisfy the demand of the nearly 533 thousand residents in the territory; but they constitute a response from food producers, forced to increase cultivable areas to alleviate the low yields that exist in the different lines due to the lack of chemical fertilizers. “In grains and fruits there was overcompliance. But in vegetables, planting behaved at 87 percent and in viands at 82, a very low indicator, especially in sweet potatoes. “The recently concluded campaign was very tense due to the scarce availability of fuel and because fertilizers and other chemical products were not available. These were only guaranteed for the potato and that line is not grown in the Las Tunas territory." The main benefits of the areas planted from September 1, 2021 to February 28, 2022 were the alternatives for producers with biological means, in addition to biofertilizers that are now available in the network of stores of the Logistics Business Group of the Ministry of Agriculture. Agriculture, Gelma. “In Gelma, the sale of biofertilizers Cbfert and FitoMas-E has been stable and, as means of protection, there are tobacco, bacilli and other products. Organic matter is also available. LAS TUNAS WITH A FACE TO THE SPRING PLANTING CAMPAIGN Brito Pérez noted that 21,623.5 ha were planned for the spring stage, more than 200 in relation to the real of the same previous campaign, which was successfully completed. “Seven thousand 184.5 ha are foreseen for the viands, with a greater presence of cassava, which is the leading crop in the province; and of fruit they will plant 787.7 ha, above all, of papaya, mango and guava. There are enough seedlings in the nurseries and the project of 67 ha of fruit trees in the community of San Gregorio, in the municipality of Las Tunas, is progressing. “Of grains, 9,308.5 ha were projected, with emphasis on corn to harvest green for the population, although a part will be harvested dry, for pig feed. Of the 4,292.8 hectares that will be planted with vegetables, the majority will be pumpkin, the variety that best adapts to the conflict.”
