Contramaestre National Reference in Agriculture

The municipality of Contramaestre obtained the nomination for national reference in urban, suburban and family agriculture. A condition that opens the doors to reach the maximum step in this modality of food production.

Members of the national group of the popular movement of Cuban agriculture visited the thirteen popular councils that make up this territory of the province of Santiago de Cuba. In the field, they evaluated each of the 19 subprograms that lead to fast and direct ways of producing crops and greens through intensive orchards, organoponics, plots, yards and semi-covered units.

The delegation checked other elements such as soil and water use, organic fertilizers, agroecological practices and seeds. They also examined consumption in the production centers of the AZCUBA sugar group, in educational and health institutions, in farms and other units of interest in Contramaestre.

During the assessment of the municipality in order to reach the condition of candidate to national reference in urban, suburban and family agriculture, the maximum rank was given to the cattle farm La Gloria of the young producer Jaime Fonseca. This is a structure belonging to the Pancho Tamayo Credit and Service Cooperative.

Contramaestre is the most agricultural territory in the province of Santiago de Cuba. This sector supports the swine, poultry, cattle, beekeeping, forestry, tobacco, coffee, production of tropical crops and fruit. For this reason, the local economy depends inexorably on the production of food.

Written by Radio Grito de Baire