Cuba adopts measures to conclude in July the assembly of greenhouses in 385 hectares of orchards to continue increasing and diversifying the consumption of vegetables in its 169 municipalities, even in the hottest months of the year.
In Cuba the cultivation of vegetables and condiments is part of the National Program of the Urban Agriculture, which was created in 1997 and has about 30 agricultural and cattle routines, which produce around a million and a half tons of vegetables per year.
When inaugurating 24 centers of that type in Las The Tunas province, 690 kilometers to the east of Havana, the directive of the National Group of the Urban Agriculture informed that also Ciego de Avila, Sancti Spiritus fulfilled this commitmentand the other regions could achieve it in greeting to the 26 of July, 56th anniversary of the Assault to the Moncada Garrison, led by the young lawyer Fidel Castro.Before concluding the curent year, other 30 urban kitchen gardens in the Cuban capital will count on the necessary technologies to cover the facilities, attenuate the solar radiations, and the rain, besides the artificial irrigation for the soil and other techniques guided to guarantee the sustainable development of the horticulture.
(Tiempo21.cu)