14ymedio, Havana, 7 July 2024 — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel acknowledged this Saturday, at the end of the VIII plenary session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, that it is necessary to guarantee better access to food in the midst of the “complex” situation on the island. He indicated that “food production and self-sufficiency are tasks of the first order in which the entire population must participate,” according to a report on state television about the meeting where the results achieved in food production and the implementation of the Law on Food Sovereignty and Food and Nutrition Security were analyzed.
“There can never be an irrigation machine without a planting program, and the Party is also responsible for ensuring that every good experience becomes widespread. We are in better conditions, but there is still much to do,” said the Secretary of Organization, Roberto Morales Ojeda.
“The causes that have an adverse impact on food production have been identified and proposals have been made to find solutions that will allow us to transform the problems and move forward in the current scenario,” said the head of the Agri-Food Department, José Ramón Monteagudo Ruiz.
Raúl Castro did not participate in the meeting where the results achieved in food production were analyzed
The Communist Party meeting took place in the Plenary Ha