New agricultural engineers joined the list of professionals from the municipality of Calixto García, a total of 12 colleagues defended their final theses, an exercise that gave them the long-awaited title.
Liudmila Rodríguez defended the research she carried out in areas of the Urban Farm of the municipality. “Very happy to have achieved this dream, after five years of effort, here is the result, I am now an engineer,” she said happily and gratefully.
Another of the fifth-year students of the Agricultural Engineering degree is Luis Daniel Proenza, who found in the teachings of his grandfather, the Calixto García agroecology teacher Manolito Proenza, his greatest motivation.
[Young Luis Daniel Proenza found his greatest motivation in the teachings of his grandfather, the Calixteña agroecology teacher Manolito Proenza.] Young Luis Daniel Proenza found his greatest motivation in the teachings of his grandfather, the Calixteña agroecology teacher Manolito Proenza.
“My research was based on the agro-productive response of three varieties of sesame, a new crop in the municipality that is increasing its growth more and more.” , and excitedly added:
““I have always liked the work of the field, for me it is an honor to follow in the footsteps of my grandfather, Victor Mauel Proenza, better known as the scientific farmer, I always wanted to finish my degree for him, and I dedicate this degree to him.”
Yisel Fernández Proenza obtains five points in the defense of his thesis.] Yisel Fernández Proenza obtains five points in the defense of his thesis.
The young Yisel Fernández Proenza defended her thesis based on the effect of the anamú Petiveria alliacea on the whitefly in the cultivation of the cucumber Cucumis sativus”, a practice that she carried out in areas of the farm no. 1 of the Urban Farm of the municipality. “My research was applied in four plots that were made with three replicas, where it was possible to verify with a witness, the effect of the maceration of anamú, leaving the witness, increasing the doses, and of course the treatment 3 was the most effective, she pointed out.
The implementation of the research carried out in agricultural entities in Calixto Garcias allows greater objectivity and efficiency in the agricultural production of the municipality.
