Guantanamo.- The need to establish regular consultations with banks and agree on actions that reduce the economic gap between agricultural producers, especially in the most remote areas of the municipality, was one of the topics of debate at the Assembly of People’s Power in Guantánamo during its most recent regular session.
The prevailing view was to reconcile the amounts requested by production units at the territorial level on a daily basis and issue a report to the various governing bodies to facilitate decision-making regarding bank access that negative spill-over effects are minimized for the small farming sector.
Idaliena Diaz Casamayor, President of the highest governing body in this provincial capital, called for increased standards between cooperatives and banks so that, where conditions do not exist, the ranges or percentages for cash payments are determined by conducting a real assessment of each producer.
Díaz Casamayor emphasized the importance of establishing better ties with cooperatives, allowing for faster cash withdrawals. This action significantly reduces wait times and prioritizes units in more remote areas with fewer access to electronic payment channels.
Other issues addressed by the delegates to the Municipal Assembly of People’s Power in Guantánamo included the implementation of payment gateways in cooperatives that have the Transfermóvil QR code. This approach encourages the population to buy and sell, especially during agricultural fairs when they generate the most income.
