The government of the Indian southern state of Karnataka will send some 1,000 farmers to Cuba during the next few months to learn organic agriculture techniques, reported Prensa Latina news agency.
Farmers owning over 5 acres of land and practicing these techniques will be eligible to travel to Cuba, according to the head of the Karnataka’s Organic Agriculture Mission A. S. Anand.
Anand said they have started the paperwork for the first group of 350 farmers.
In statements to local daily Deccan Herald, the official assured that this trip will allow them to learn about this kind of cultivation, on the disadvantages of using chemical fertilizers, and then pass on that knowledge to others.
The newspaper reported how Cuba was forced to develop strategies to grow its own food without the use of chemical fertilizers due to the US economic, financial and commercial blockade against Cuba that prevents it from getting them in its closest market, among other hurdles.
The Cuban embassy in India confirmed that the first steps for the trip are already underway, according to Prensa Latina.
Ambassador Miguel Ramirez said this is an important example of cooperation among the two nations that share 50 years of diplomatic relationships.
Source:(ACN)
