Achieving sustainability in food production in the face of the impact of climate change is a need for entities and organizations in Camagüey to achieve food sovereignty and food and nutritional security
Camagüey, Cuba, July 30th.- Faced with the impact of climate change and with the purpose of achieving sustainability in food production, Camagüey entities are looking for strategies that allow them to take steps with the purpose of reaching the long-awaited food sovereignty that the world so needs country.
In the Innovation Workshop related to food sovereignty and food and nutritional security, led by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA), in Camagüey, the Fishing Company presented experience with results in some territories for the optimal development of the aquaculture.
Davel Peñate Sosa, main aquaculture development specialist of that Camagüey entity, expressed that the work meets the expectations of producing food by adapting crops given the climate conditions to achieve sustainability.
For the optimal development of fish, the specialist highlighted, crop residues, by-products generated from industrial processes, are used for reuse in the feeding of these aquatic animals, seeking an approach with a circular economy, which results in benefits for each producer and the population itself.
The practice has results in the municipalities of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes and in the provincial capital with the cultivation of different species, where red tilapia prevails, which, according to Peñate Sosa, treats the residual water that comes out with efficient microorganisms. and the water from the crop itself as food for the fish themselves.
The results are palpable, because at the end of June in the pools located on the premises of the Pontezuela reservoir in the municipality of Camagüey, one million 500 thousand fingerlings were produced, which are transported for fattening to the Jimaguayú dam, from where they are supplied. an annual plan to capture these species of two thousand tons to the province.
Achieving sustainability in food production in the face of the impact of climate change is a need for entities and organizations in Camagüey to achieve food sovereignty and food and nutritional security.
(Radio Cadena Agramonte)