Producing food is a major task for the agricultural sector in the municipality of Contramaestre. Much work is being done to achieve this goal in the town of Santiago. This sector must limit planting levels, increase yields and respond to the population’s demand. These are challenges that by 2025 Contramaestrian agriculture must focus its work to reverse the results.
The creation of self-supply, the focus on agricultural development areas, the control of the resources allocated to them in order to match the investment of these soils with the production obtained, as well as the study of the labor force, are some of the elements to be taken into account to promote the necessary food production.
Regarding the agricultural labor force in Contramaestre, it should be taken into account that the territory’s potential can still be exploited in localities with high production levels that are not being efficiently exploited today due to the lack of attention given to these remote communities. This is an element in which intersectoral work has an impact and which requires a different approach from the local government.
Science and innovation play a crucial role in this eastern territory. Various scientific research projects have helped Contramaestrian producers achieve high yields in import-substituting production.
Training for farmers, exchange spaces, events with the objective of educating producers towards new ways of doing resilience with the environment and the economic situation the island is going through, are some of the actions carried out by the productive sector. In this sense, the university headquarters of the municipality has played a leading role.
The transformation of the sector is a must for the locality to achieve food sovereignty and security. To this end, it will be a premise for Contramaestrian agriculture to demand the fulfillment of its functions at the different levels and to do what each one is responsible for.
Agriculture should continue to promote and encourage rustic crops, such as bananas, cassava, sweet potatoes, the popular rice program, livestock, among other projects should be the objectives of agriculture for the coming periods.