Education center linked to agriculture in Antilla, Holguín

School linked to agriculture in Antilla, Holguín

The Henry Reeve boy scout center of Antilla, in the Cuban province of Holguín, is one of the education institutions linked to the programs of vegetable planting, which is part of the actions implemented in that municipality towards local food self-sufficiency.

This initiative includes preparation of arable land focused on the contribution to food supply for the center, where professors also get involved, said Loysa González Collazo, a specialist of the field.

She added that this strategy will also benefit other schools and social institutions in Antilla, where an ample agriculture program is taking place, mainly on root vegetables like yucca or sweet potato, and plantain.

School linked to agriculture in Antilla, Holguín

This strategies part of the priorities of the current school year, aimed at strengthening links with agriculture and insert educational centers to projects of local development, said González Collazo.

The program also boosts the planting of timber and fruit bearing trees, the collection of solid wastes, the protection of prioritized ecosystems like Nipe Bay and reforestation; work to be mainly done by students from the elementary schools and junior high schools.

The links with agriculture also contribute to vocational formation for the new generations towards agronomy, veterinary anther related fields.

With information by Eileen Esther Molina Fernández – ACN / Translated by Radio Angulo