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Cuba Hosts Workshop to Ensure Food Sustainability
A workshop on local food sustainability opens today in this capital, to help reducing vulnerability of agriculture to face climate change.
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A workshop on local food sustainability opens today in this capital, to help reducing vulnerability of agriculture to face climate change.
The two-day meeting will discuss a project called BASAL (Environmental Basis for Sustainable Local Food), which is applied in three rural municipalities of Cuba.
BASAL is led by the Environment Agency of the Cuban Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, and is implemented by the UN Development Program (UNDP).
The event will begin with a lecture by BASAL director Roberto Perez, and then, the action plan for 2013 and the implementation of the project until 2017 will be agreed.
The event brings together technicians, producers, scientific research institutes, international cooperation partners and representatives from agricultural lands where this sustainable project is applied.
The agricultural activity in Cuba is directly affected by climate change, particularly drought intervals and extreme rainfall, increasing of minimum air temperature, and increased incidence of pests and diseases.
BASAL considers these and other factors that limit the domestic production of staple foods, because to find a solution to this problem is a high priority topic for Cuba.
The project promotes adaptation measures to new threats and enables key forces in agriculture, not only for planning and but also for decision making.
The two-day meeting will discuss a project called BASAL (Environmental Basis for Sustainable Local Food), which is applied in three rural municipalities of Cuba.
BASAL is led by the Environment Agency of the Cuban Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, and is implemented by the UN Development Program (UNDP).
The event will begin with a lecture by BASAL director Roberto Perez, and then, the action plan for 2013 and the implementation of the project until 2017 will be agreed.
The event brings together technicians, producers, scientific research institutes, international cooperation partners and representatives from agricultural lands where this sustainable project is applied.
The agricultural activity in Cuba is directly affected by climate change, particularly drought intervals and extreme rainfall, increasing of minimum air temperature, and increased incidence of pests and diseases.
BASAL considers these and other factors that limit the domestic production of staple foods, because to find a solution to this problem is a high priority topic for Cuba.
The project promotes adaptation measures to new threats and enables key forces in agriculture, not only for planning and but also for decision making.