Within the framework of the relaunch of the Great AgroVenezuela Mission, 100 metric tons of cocoa liquor were exported to the Republic of Cuba, as reported the Governor of Miranda state, Héctor Rodríguez, in an interaction via satellite with the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro.
“These 100 tons are the first of a 2,000-ton contract, the largest liquor export contract ever made with Cuba”, said Rodríguez.
He explained that the cocoa with which the liquor was produced was harvested in the Barloventeño axis of the Mirandean region and was processed under an alliance with a private sector company, located in Valles del Tuy.
He also specified that this effort is in addition to other items that are being produced in Miranda and that next week more than 500,000 coffee plants will be planted in his region.
Responding to the first vertex of this relaunch “Land and Productive Spaces”, in Lara state, the governor of the entity, Carmen Meléndez, delivered the award of land titles, corresponding to 50 hectares, for the benefit of 26 producers and producers, from the Palavecino municipality.
With the production of these hectares “food could be harvested for more than 5,000 people,” said the president of the National Lands Institute (INTI), Luis Mendoza.
The regional leader added that “beans, yucca, squash, corn” are currently being harvested in this space, in addition to raising sheep, goats and pigs.
In the northeastern region, the governor of Monagas state, Yelitze Santaella, pointed out that under the agreement signed between the regional government and the company Asociación de Productores de Soya del Caribe (Caribbean Soy Producers Association – APROSOYCA), 6,800 hectares of this item have been planted and expects to obtain about 17 thousand metric tons of it at the end of October.
In this sense, she stressed that it is estimated to plant at least 20,000 hectares of soybeans in the state during 2020 and early 2021.
Simultaneously, in the Venezuelan plains, the governor of Cojedes state, Margaud Godoy, visited the “Libertad” tomato processing plant, where the productive boost of 100 tons per month of its derivatives is planned.
Godoy said that this multi-food company has been serving the Bolivarian Government since 2018 and it currently produces tomato sauce and paste, vinegar, among other consumer products.
In Yaracuy state, the mayor of the Urachiche municipality, Nelby Galíndez, inspected the Pedro Camejo company’s National Machining Center, which functions as a workshop for the recovery of agricultural machinery.
The president of this company, Rubén Cortez, stressed that this headquarters is expected to impart technical knowledge to producers so that they can recover their equipment.
For his part, the national dignitary Nicolás Maduro, said that the revival of the Great AgroVenezuela Mission arises as a productive response to the attacks and economic blockades imposed by the United States. “This new stage will show the world the potential of the country in the face of any adversity,” he said.
