The promotion of agroecological practices in the face of the effects of climate change, food security and alternative technologies for sustainable agriculture, focused the debate of specialists during the XII Provincial Event of Agrobiodiversity, Organic Agriculture, and Sustainable Development in Camagüey.

At the meeting, sponsored by the territorial branch of the Cuban Association of Agricultural and Forestry Technicians (ACTAF), producers, teachers and other experts in this field agreed on the need to extend the results of the research, mainly to the units administered by usufructuaries with little experience, as per Cadena Agramonte.

Lourdes Esther Pérez Fresnedo, National Vice-President of Knowledge Management of the ACTAF, stressed that the main objective of the meeting was to show the good practices that the territory has on the use of agroecology, and the socialization of experiences, with a strong activity in the circles of interest in educational centers of the province.

They also revealed the results, challenges, and perspectives of the organization, in order to strengthen in the peasants and agricultural workers an agro-ecological culture.

In June, the International Meeting on Organic Agriculture and Sustainable Development will be held at the Integral Center of the National Association of Small Farmers of the Cuban capital, which will include topics such as cooperativism for food sovereignty, use of energies and other alternative technologies, local agrarian development, seed production, Global warming and climate change, as per Cadena Agramonte.

Created in 1987, the Camagüeyan branch of the ACTAF, groups more than 1400 members, 40 percent are women and 25 young people, which shows an advance in the incorporation to the sector, which has among its priorities to promote sustainable development on agroecological bases for local self-sufficiency.