Radio Havana Cuba | Cuba: Visit of the President and First Vice President Ciego de Ávila (+ Photos)

Havana, July 31 (RHC) The Political Bureau member of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of the State Councils and Ministers, surrenders himself Tuesday, July 31 the central province of Ciego de Ávila to know the march of the recovery after the rains of last May.

Accompanied by Felix Duarte Ortega, member of the Central Committee and First Secretary of the CCP on the territory, the dignitary travels through the areas of the municipality of Florence, the most affected by the rains, and the flood of the Jatibonico River North, which caused floods and losses in agriculture.

Florence's director of agriculture, Fernando Pérez Donaire, informed the Cuban Noticias Agency (ACN) that the most significant damage has been reported in tobacco, of which 116.99 hectares of covered crops and sun were lost, valued at more than 10 million pesos

Valdes Mesa visited the agricultural areas of Avilanian

For his part, Salvador Valdes Mesa, Cuban First Vice President, visited this July 31, areas of the Company Cultures Cuba, Avilanian entity, leader in the country in the production of bananas.

He was also a member of the Political Bureau of the CCP, appreciated the operation of a center for the benefit of bananas for tourism, and interested in the yields obtained per hectare. [19659004] The leader knew that this productive, integrated hub, in addition to several agricultural production cooperatives (CPA), contributes 25% of the product consumed on the national territory.

Pbading through CPA Paquito González, from the municipality of Baraguá, which produces the most bananas in Ciego de Ávila, has proven the advantages of the automated drip irrigation system, applied on 40 hectares, that he pours the necessary liquid into the root, together with the fertilizer.

The First Vice President of State Boards and Ministers exchanged with the workers on the conditions under which they work and the salary they receive through the connection to the region. ] (Sources: ACN and Radio Surco)