Artemisa.—The National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP), representing a key sector of the island’s economy, requires a greater number of women to participate in the field, according to Teresa Amarelle Boué, secretary general of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC).
Amarelle Boué, who is also a member of the Communist Party of Cuba Political Bureau, argued that campesinas play a decisive role in the performance and productivity of agricultural cooperatives, given their creative and enterprising spirit, as demonstrated throughout the Cuban revolutionary process.
She also stressed the importance of working with families to ensure that from a young age children are taught to appreciate the land, as a rich source of food and a characteristic feature of this province, dedicated to agriculture par excellence.
Meanwhile, Dayanis Alonso, president of the Rubén Martínez Villena Credit and Services Cooperative, highlighted the importance of agricultural and livestock interest circles and the revitalization of “practical classrooms” (there are currently 19 in the province, enabling students to undertake work experience), to spark the interest of students in agricultural sciences.
This view is shared by Magali Soler, a founder of the FMC, and one of the trainers of women agricultural workers in Artemisa, who also offered an extensive analysis of the FMC-ANAP brigades, a movement which is gaining strength in the province.
For her part, Nilda Hernández, FMC provincial secretary, and Yamila Sarduy, provincial ANAP president, highlighted the existence of 136 women’s brigades bringing together over 3,000 campesinas. (ACN)
