SANTIAGO DE: The Cuban province of Santiago de Cuba is getting ready for the coming coffee harvest with the goal of surpassing the 2,850 ton mark achieved this year.
Leonel Sanchez, deputy delegate of Agriculture and forestry in the territory, said the provincial commission was activated to decide the recruitment, financing, maintenance and attention of the workers, among others aspects.
On the challenges of the 2015-2016 campaign, he mentioned the best prices of the coffee benefiting producers, along with cultural care, in order to give the State all the grain collected, increase the quality and prevent illegalities.
He added they have hired 10 450 coffee collectors whom will have the assistance of students in different stages.
Sanchez reiterated the care and quality of the grain for export, so they have conditioned 77 pulping plants, 24 of them are ecological, plus about 118 tractors, 199 trucks, horses and mules that save fuel and are ideal for that work.
Other investments are three new mills located in the municipalities of San Luis, Palma Soriano and Tercer Frente, plus an electronic selector in Contramaestre, which will benefit nearly 70 percent of the grain for domestic consumption and export.
