Florida, September 23.- Specialists from the Department of Soils in the Municipal Delegation of Agriculture of Florida warned about the importance of carrying out maintenance and conservation actions for this irreplaceable resource to achieve the agri-food sovereignty demanded by the population of the territory and the rest of the Cuban nation.
According to the source, even though training actions have been developed for the different actors linked to the exploitation of the land as a productive scenario, the use of techniques and resources intended to preserve the fertility and quality of the land, and to protect them from erosion and the loss of nutrients necessary for the proper development of crops.
Master of Science Pablo Duval Vanté, Soil Policy specialist at the local agency of the Ministry of Agriculture, highlighted that «most farmers hear in Florida about the importance of producing and applying natural fertilizers and organic matter such as manure.» , leachate and worm castings; or intercropping and crop rotation, for example, but very few take advantage of or apply such practices in the production process.”
Neglecting the wear and modeling of the Earth’s crust caused by the impact of wind, rain and river processes and, above all, by agricultural overexploitation and the actions of people, endangers the fertility of this irreplaceable resource for survival. human and for the success of the main Food Sovereignty and Nutritional Security programs.
