The arrival of material resources to the province of Guantánamo boosts the Empowerment of Women in the Fruit Tree Program for Adaptation to Climate Change in Fragile Ecosystems international collaboration project, in the municipality of Baracoa.
The José Martí and Heraldo Martínez Basic Cooperative Production Units receive important inputs such as tiles for the livestock module buildings, means of transport and office materials.
During the next few months, tractors and specialized irrigation systems for seedling houses and fruit tree cultivation areas should arrive.
Karen Alvarado Rufo, executive vice president of the Guantanamo branch of the Cuban Association of Agricultural and Forestry Technicians, and project coordinator, said that the task is carried out thanks to the collaboration of the Euskadi-Cuba solidarity group of the Basque Country, with funding of more than half a million euros.
