Florida, Jan 9.- The Base Business Unit (UEB) of the Sugar Cane Research Institute (INICA), located in the municipality of Florida, plans to start about 10 research projects this year, with the aim of to improve sugarcane plantations and contribute to the economic, agro-productive and social development of the Camagüey province.
The scientific plans of the entity include the evaluation of the growth and development of sugar cane in commercial areas; obtaining forage varieties for animal feed, and the impact of grass sowing by the broad-based method in different types of soils.
To the main purposes of science in the provincial branch of INICA, located in Florida, is also added the analysis of the agroecological cultivation of sugarcane; sustainable land management and efforts to obtain and commercialize medicinal plants.
The recent assessment of the progress of scientific research at INICA in Florida, the main call among its professionals and technicians was to multiply the results in favor of sugarcane production in the province and the country to help save the sugar agroindustry.
