• Submitted by: manso
• Society
• 12 / 30 / 2010

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HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 29 (acn) The government of the Indian southern state of Karnataka will send some 1000 farmers to Cuba in the next moths to learn organic agriculture techniques, reported Prensa Latina news agency.

Farmers owning over 5 acres of land and practice these techniques will be suitable to travel to Cuba, according to the head of the Karnataka’s Organic Agriculture Mission A. S. Anand.

Anand said they started the paperwork for the first group of 350 farmers.

In statements to local daily Deccan Herald the official assured that this trip will allow them to learn on this kind of cultivation, on the disadvantages of using chemical fertilizers, and then pass that knowledge to others.

The newspaper abounded in how Cuba was forced to develop strategies to grow its own food without the use of chemical fertilizers due to the US economic, financial and commercial blockade against Cuba, that prevent it from getting them in its closest market, among other hurdles.

The Cuban embassy in India confirmed that the first steps for the trip are already underway, according to PL. Ambassador Miguel Ramirez said this is an important example of cooperation among the two nations that share 50 years of diplomatic relationships.

Source. ACN