Salvador Valdés Mesa, Vice President of the Republic of Cuba, checks compliance with the actions planned in the recovery process for the damage caused by Ian in the Pinar del Río province.
Yoel Acosta Hernández, delegate of Agriculture reported on the preparations for the next Tabacalera campaign.
They are already working on clearing land for seedbeds and there are some 6,000 yoke of oxen, an alternative to mitigate the fuel deficit and incorporate organic matter into tobacco areas, an essential action to increase yields.
The province intends to plant 12 thousand 995 hectares, to obtain more than 17 tons of the leaf.
Osvaldo Santana Vera, representative of the Tabacuba Business Group, specified that although the provisions of the previous contest were not met, the percentage of layer was increased, achieving 164 tons of them, which represents 20 percent.
This year there is better availability of the technological package.
Valdés Mesa called for information on the banking process to be provided to producers so that it does not interfere with the campaign.
Yamilé Ramos Cordero, member of the Central Committee and first secretary of the PCC in the province, specified that Tabacuba is preparing the conditions to ensure the process.
