Urban Agriculture in Search of Success in Las Tunas
By Wálner Ortega Batista 

• Systematization is the main objective of the Suburban Agriculture in the province.

Las Tunas, Cuba, Jan 19, (P26).- Las Tunas obtained the highest rating in the four tours of the National Program of Suburban Agriculture, thanks to the production of 68,637 tons of fresh vegetables and herbs.

The production of vegetables, in the territory, is focused on 25 crops emi-housed (a mode in which Las Tunas took first place nationally) 130 gardens and 198 intensive organic farms. 

Added to these structures, more than seven thousand home gardens and more than 18,000 patios with rabbits, ornamental plants, fruit trees etc. 

Managers of this program in the municipalities warn of the possibility of converting hundreds of plots into intensive orchards, and even in home micro-gardens. So that, in this way the volume of vegetables can be much greater to benefit the consumers. 

For the systematic work the municipalities of Las Tunas, Colombia and Majibacoa were highlighted; while the municipalities of Amancio, Jobabo and Puerto Padre must work much harder.

Colombia is preparing to receive a visit this month to assess whether It is declared the national reference municipality or not, the highest category awarded by the national group.

The primordial task today is to continue the work to permit the organizational insertion of the municipalities into Suburban Agriculture. In order to bring food to urban areas and to encourage a mass movement to declare the province a candidate for the national reference, are two pillars on which this year the collective work of the ambitious program is based.