Journal Invasor – Reclaimed lands of Ciego de Ávila infested with marabú

More than two thousand hectares covered with marabou and other weeds south of Ciego de Ávila were saved, plowed and prepared for seeding cane for next crops. Especially for the Ecuadorian ingenuity of the next campaign

The project covers fertile land of red clay and is supported by abundant water in the basement, in the areas surrounding the communities of Susana, Caballé, La Maya and El Vaquerito, where the clearing of two thousand hectares of marabuzales continues.

The first clear fields of the thorny plant are planted, there is a labor force and machinery needed, while there are already eight sets of plastic streamers for the irrigation of the stumps , while there are quality seed banks and other resources.

The engineer Eduardo Larroza Vázquez, director of the Sugar Company of Ciego de Ávila, pointed out or the work of operators of heavy machinery, with schedules of 10 hours a day and the use, even machetes, axes, herbicides and other means to clean the grbades.

Similar planting programs in the sugar cane areas are also being carried out near the Ciro Redondo, Primero de Enero and Enrique Varona power stations, aiming to guarantee enough raw materials for the province to intensify its production. production of crude oil from 2019 and to become again national leader, said the manager. 19659003] This also implies industrial investment and the contribution of agro-farmers to the promotion of planted land, both state farms and farmers' cooperatives, which for several years have been paying one-third of sugar cane, amount to 600 thousand tons.

The goal is to plant short, medium and late cycle varieties near the plants and without forgetting replanting, harvesting, irrigation and ripening in places where conditions allow, says Carlos González, specialist of the referenced entity

According to the plans, it is planned for the end of 2019 the badembly of a bioelectric power plant nearby to the factory of Ciro Redondo, date on which the sweet stem yields will have to be higher and, for this purpose, energy forests will be developed in the municipality of the same name.

From the People's Republic of China, this facility will provide 60 megawatts / hour, from the bagbade of the cane that the Avilanian mills generate, in addition to the use of marabú, which in this province is about 80 thousand hectares.