In the words of welcome to the delegates the CEO of the organizing body, the Institute of Sugar Cane Byproducts for Research (ICIDCA), Luis Galvez, said that the raw material has exceptional qualities from the energy point of view, and produces different forms of sugars and many types of byproducts.
It can also act as a carbon sink, which helps to tackle climate change, and also constitute a marketable by subtracting the atmosphere of the carbon dioxide product.
Galvez said that given the low sugar prices in the international market, it is required to give sugar cane a higher added value cane for higher economic results and make the sector feasible.
This agricultural business is having an experience in recent years with bigger technological change, since the rise of the first broadcaster teams, one of which is the increase of international standards, increasingly stringent and representing a challenge, said the manager.
He said harvests are aimed to be more extensive, 150-180 days to produce more sugar and byproducts, with the use of sugar cane varieties for all ages (early, middle and late maturity), and from flexible production, according to the characteristics and needs of the market.
After stating that the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States to Cuba continues to hinder the activity of this sector, he said sugar is called to be a factor of regional integration.
The Congress will continue its sessions and is also chaired by the executive director of the International Sugar Organization, José Alberto Orive; the president of Azcuba sugar group, Orlando Garcia, and other specialists.
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