Stock of Potato Seeds increased in Ciego de Ávila
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- 03 / 23 / 2010
The growing is carried out in an area belonging to the Paquito González agricultural production cooperative, in the municipality of Baraguá, where 104 species are developed with all the cares and the advice of specialists on the part of the Ministry of Agriculture.
"The project aims at selecting the plants showing highest yields and being resistant to plagues and illnesses, and determining the soils where they will grow", as expressed José Alberto González, president of that cooperative.
He said that the test is conducted once a year in the peasant sector, in an outstanding community or an agricultural enterprise, in order to promote the best experiences in the country, which allows better harvests and the consequent increase of import substitutions.
"The varieties currently fostered are doing well, among them Santana, Roman, Ajiva, Calwhite, Spunta and others, including some produced in Cuba", said Amanda Quintana, the president of the National Association of Small Farmers in the municipality of Baraguá.
Quintana made reference to the exceptional conditions of the Santana variety, which in previous years yielded over 27 tons per hectare in the Paquito González cooperative. This variety is the most suitable to elaborate pre-fried frenchies on having a higher percent of dry matter.
Every year Cuba invests dozens of millions of dollars in the acquisition of potato seeds, besides other inputs.
Source: Invasor
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