Education in Holguín is developing a project that seeks to reach school self-sufficiency through the use of arable land, as a way of implementing the Food Sovereignty Law and promoting agricultural production.
Annia Marlen Gómez Obregón, head of the labor activities section of the General Directorate of Education in this territory, told the ACN that, driven by Agriculture and with the collaboration of 44 schools, the program exploits more than 500 hectares of land, previously idle, destined for cultivation and grazing.
Since the beginning of the initiative, about 18,000 quintals of different crops have been produced, among them, fruits, vegetables and grains, as well as eight thousand liters of milk and four thousand kilograms of meat, which has saved a significant sum of the sector’s budget, she said.
Gómez Obregón explained that with these foods, the diet of the students and workers in the 63 boarding schools is improved, as well as in other prioritized institutions, including kindergartens, special schools, semi-boarding schools, workers’ canteens and homes for children without family support.
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She added that the program is associated with a number of international collaboration projects undeewat all across the province like ¡Actúa diferente! in Urbano Noris; Sustainable School Feeding, in Cueto and Mayarí; and Gibara Verde X Ciento, all implemented by the World Food Program in the province.
This strategy, which includes among its actions the rescue of gardens, plots and small spaces in disuse, contributes to the familiarization of the students with agriculture and the introduction of agroecological techniques, in a way that favors their vocational training and enriches their environmental culture.
With information from ACN / Translated by Radio Angulo
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