Mayabeque, Cuba_ Experts from the National Institute of Agricultural Sciences (INCA), in San Jose de las Lajas, taught a training course on coffee cultivation in areas of the José Maceo Credits and Services Cooperative (CCS) in the locality La Portada of the municipality Cotorro.
Given the economic and social importance of this item for the country, they explain on the varieties coffea arabica (arabica), and coffea canephora (robusta), the climatic conditions for their production, the factors that influence germination and the good selection of the seed and other knowledge.
They also dealt with conventional practices and the application of the most recent advances in science and technology in this branch of agriculture, as well as general aspects of coffee, obtaining postures, propagation methods, nurseries, pests, among other topics.
Dr. MarÃa Esther González Vega, coordinator of the event, along with other INCA specialists, were able to meet in the first stage the demands of training of peasants interested in coffee harvesting, plant breeding, field preparation and crop multiplication.
90 percent of the world coffee supply is obtained from the Arabian species C, Arabica, of which there are about 15 varieties. This is a strictly tropical crop that requires a rather cool and not very humid weather.
In Cuba, it is one of the lines of the national economy that requires greater effort given to the ecological conditions existing in the country. It is the second most commercialized product on the world market after oil.
Jesús Dávila Cabrera, INCA communicator, explained that this workshop contributes to the development of sustainable agriculture, on a scientific basis.
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