Salvador Valdés Mesa, member of the Political Bureau and Vice-President of the Republic of Cuba, toured the production areas of the Empresa Municipal Agorindustrial Bolivia, in Ciego de Ávila, accompanied by the main leaders of the Party and the Government of the territory.

During his visit to this municipality in the north of the province, the Vice-President verified the progress of a collective dedicated to the sowing of sunflower, in three caballerias located in block 314, in the settlement 303 of Mangalarga.

This is the first experience of the workers of Empresa Agroindustrial Bolivia with sunflower cultivation. Laudelino Betancourt Guerra, head of this labour group, explained that this plant requires special care, as it should not be sown in soils with low humidity.

As Salvador Valdés Mesa stated, this sunflower crop «can solve a large part of social consumption, for the families of farmers and the population in general; with this experience, the levels of oil imports can be reduced».

In another part of the tour of the Bolivian municipality of Avileño, Salvador Valdés Mesa, Vice President of the Republic, made a stop at one of the company’s rice plantations. There he spoke with Janet Suanes Rios, a local user who has 13.42 hectares of rice.

Taken from Televisión Avileña