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• 01 / 02 / 2010

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Sancti Spíritus' designation like the first province of the country as national reference for the urban agricultural movement showed the performance of its farmers during the year 2009.

The acknowledgment is based on the stable and thorough work fulfilled during several years, allowing the development of a large variety of vegetables at the local markets of this central province.

Now farmers are ready to consolidate the movement of the suburban agriculture, the first in Cabaiguán municipality and then in the rest of the territories.

Another working sector is the milk production which reached 42 million litres of milk during the year 2009, nevertheless It has been a difficult year for the agricultural branch due to the constant drought faced.

Tobacco plantations did not reach their productive goals, however it was one of the best performances of the country with 383 hundredweight per field.

Bee-keepers’ production was below plan but it reached 500 tons of honey.

Source: www.radiosanctispiritus.cu