Cuba: Urban agriculture: from skepticism to success
On Saturday, Pinar del Río will host the national event marking the 38th anniversary of this valuable initiative, promoted by Army General Raúl Castro Ruz
By Ronald Suárez Rivas
Granma
December 26, 2025
Excerpt:
In 2022, for example, Hurricane Ian destroyed more than 8,000 garden beds in the organ gardens and semi-protected crops of Pinar del Río. However, in just over a month, vegetables such as lettuce, chard, spinach, and chives were already being harvested.
In addition, other crops were in an advanced stage of development, such as cucumbers, beans, tomatoes, carrots, and cabbage.
Lérida María Sánchez Díaz, head of the department that oversees this valuable program at the Provincial Delegation of Agriculture in Vueltabajo, explains that it currently covers 1,244 production structures and a total of 1,278 hectares distributed among organic farms, technified plots, intensive gardens, semi-protected gardens, and rustic greenhouses.
In these areas, average production in 2025 has been 10.2 kilograms per square meter.
This figure is in line with forecasts made at the beginning of the year and confirms the importance of this experiment, even amid all the limitations imposed by the current situation in Cuba.
Sánchez Díaz states that, by the end of December, some 5,000 backyards will also have joined the program in the province, bringing the total to 65,000, which contribute to the self-sufficiency of families and communities in Pinar del Río.
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Source: https://cityfarmer.info/cuba-urban-agriculture-from-skepticism-to-success/
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