SANTA CLARA, Cuba, Sept 26 (acn) A project for the protection of agricultural soils is being applied at the central Cuban province of Villa Clara, in order to reduce salinity and compression of fields and to increase the amount of macronutrients in the soil.The head of the project, Damaris Pascual, explained ACN that these actions are part of a plan to favor productive areas and establish permanent methods for using and preserving the soil as their contribution to face climate change.">SANTA CLARA, Cuba, Sept 26 (acn) A project for the protection of agricultural soils is being applied at the central Cuban province of Villa Clara, in order to reduce salinity and compression of fields and to increase the amount of macronutrients in the soil.The head of the project, Damaris Pascual, explained ACN that these actions are part of a plan to favor productive areas and establish permanent methods for using and preserving the soil as their contribution to face climate change.">

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Soil Conservation Project being applied in central province

  • Submitted by: manso
  • 09 / 27 / 2011

SANTA CLARA, Cuba, Sept 26 (acn) A project for the protection of agricultural soils is being applied at the central Cuban province of Villa Clara, in order to reduce salinity and compression of fields and to increase the amount of macronutrients in the soil.

The head of the project, Damaris Pascual, explained ACN that these actions are part of a plan to favor productive areas and establish permanent methods for using and preserving the soil as their contribution to face climate change.

Pascual said that this initiative is carried out in 687 hectares in the Albarran farm, from the Valle del Yabu Agricultural Enterprise, in Santa Clara, whose damage hinders good performances during agricultural cycles.

He noted that this farm, which specializes in growing potato, shows high levels of erosion, acidity, and elevated compression of the soil due to excess of mechanization, all of which bring about negative effects on yielding.

The expert pointed out that they are planting live barriers with dwarf sorghum, which has lots of nutrients, and they are implementing reforestation with arboreal species that serve as protection against the wind.

Executives from the Valle del Yabu enterprise affirmed that, prior to potato sowing, they grow species that provide phosphorous, potassium, and nitrogen to the soil, which are necessary nutrients for the good development of potato crops.  

They announced that two years from now, this project will be implemented in other farms of the enterprise, with similar difficulties, in order to assure soil perdurability.

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