Concludes in Camagüey process of provincial meetings

X Congress of the ANAP

The provincial meeting of the rural sector in Camagüey put an end to the wide process of meetings that were made heading for the tenth Congress of the National Association of Small Farmers in the whole country (ANAP).

The 120 delegates analyzed different productive topics in an eminently agricultural territory, with cattle predominance, where the contribution of the peasant represents more than 70% of the foods of populational consumption.

The meeting had the presence of Ulises Rosales del Toro, Miinister of Agriculture, José Ramón Machado Ventura, first vice-president of the Council of State, Orlando Lugo Fonte national president of the ANAP, Julio Cesar García, First Secretary of the Communist Party in the county, as well as other authorities that reaffirmed the strong necessity of the increase of the production in Cuba like via of saving imports in the difficult world economic situation.

When analyzing the results of the 2009, Machado pointed out as positive the take off of indicators as the bovine milk, the honey of bees, feeds of bulls and the swinish meat, in spite of the step of strong hurricanes during the year 2008.

" We should examine what we lack that is a lot, because hidden potentialities exist. As it is possible that after a hurricane recover so quick the products? in that we should congratulate Camagüey. It is human question and of effort. It is necessary to diversify, to change the mentality, to work with more rationality because we are distant of autosupply. Cuba still cares 80% of the foods and here inside of we can produce a good part, especially the food for the animals and with it to diminish the food purchase", remarked Machado .

Among the vulnerable points of the current dry period is the cane of sugar and the viands so that in the execution of the commitments of the producers this great part of the advance of both segments.

The milk and the cattle raising, continue as the main strength of the peasants in Camagüey who contribute 85% of their production and with 68 million liters like plan in this year 2010, they would compute more than half of the delivery to the industry in the county but outstanding of the country in this sense.

Of this meeting, with sessions Saturday and Sunday, left elect the group of 51 delegates, direct 6 of them, to the National Congress with celebration date May 17.(Oreidis Pimentel Pérez )