Cuba benefits from Minag-FAO project machinery
The Minag-FAO-Green Climate Fund project is providing machinery and implements for the restoration of degraded land in Cuba, an official communiqué stated.
A report from the Cuban Ministry of Agriculture (Minag) explained that this alliance with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) benefits those territories and is aimed at solving many problems.
The message points out that seven Cuban municipalities highly vulnerable to climate change report such actions with the acquisition of agricultural machinery and technologies for the restoration of 35,000 hectares of degraded land.
Such a solution is part of the Climate Resilience in Cuba’s Agricultural Ecosystems (IRES) project, which began in 2020 and will run until 2027.
The program includes efforts by Minag, FAO and the Green Climate Fund, the document noted.
In order to increase resilience to climate change and support local food production, the project has so far delivered three RT 400 forestry tractors with their accessories to clear sickle bush and incorporate vegetable material into the soil.
In addition, 14 tractors, 70 chainsaws, four ploughs and 100 modules of 11 agricultural hand tools have been delivered.
The action favors state productive units, cooperatives and farmers, who are responsible for ensuring the implementation of the planned activities.
IRES works on the implementation of forestry, agroforestry and silvopastoral systems, which combine the planting of forest species, fruit trees, fodder, grasses, various crops, shade trees and others that encourage the production of food, meat and milk.][/bg_collapse]
