HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 9 (ACN) The University of Guantanamo is increasing its production and promoting a reorganization of coffee, cocoa and coconut plantations with the objective of rehabilitating the agricultural sector which was strongly affected by Hurricane Matthew last October.
Managed by the department of local development of the university, work include the capacity of responding to demands of the producers in issues like protection and conservation of the soil, plantation management, sustainable production of the plants and the technology in shade management.
The relocation of the plants attempts –with the management of the Ministry of Agriculture- to place the new plantations in areas that responds to the cultivation's requirements regarding climate and the conditions of the soil that were identified by previous research.
Gicli Suarez Venero, Agro-forest professor of the university told ACN that in correspondence with the diagnosis carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture in the affected areas, the institution drafted a plan to cooperate with the recovery of the municipalities hit by the hurricane, mainly Baracoa and Maisi.
She stressed that this is an example of the scientific potential of the university personnel to develop these types of actions where students from different studies related with the program are also participating in the task.
The specialists indicated that they are prioritizing the coffee, cocoa and coconut sectors due to its economic values for the province and because its recovery is achieved in a short period.
Finally Gicli pointed out that outcome packages are being studied to alleviate the negative effects of Hurricane Matthew in three of the cultivations.
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