Agriculture is the most important sector for the overall development of Contramaestre, a municipality of Santiago de Cuba province. Despite the efforts of farmworkers and their organizations, the expected results have not been achieved at the end of the first half of the year. The goal for the next half is to recover production levels and contribute more to the economic and social progress plans of this territory, the most agricultural in the province.
The first six months of the year are coming to an end, and despite the efforts of workers at the five agricultural companies, which collectively completed 101 percent of the spring planting campaign, the impact of the drought has taken its toll on the Contramaestre municipality’s production plans, especially in areas such as corn.
Without achieving the desired pace, work is being done to recover the Baire viticulture plan, and the areas for rice production are increasing thanks to a thriving extensionist movement.
Seed production, especially of plantain, has increased in the area with the implementation of a thermal heating plant for accelerated production, and coffee harvesting has exceeded 400%.
The municipality has five agricultural enterprises and 58 productive structures, which need to continue perfecting planting schedules using animal traction, as well as controlling the destination and marketing of their production.
Without a recovery in the agricultural sector, Contramaestre will be unable to develop and grow in the rest of the sectors, and this is a key element of the government’s work in the coming months and years.
