According to Doctor Rafael Ledesma, the country is facing a need to increase agricultural production for export, improve the health, safety and quality of foodstuffs, and reduce costs to compete in international markets.
Ledesma, who has 35 years of agriculture experience in several countries, is president of the Greenhouse Cluster and executive director of Farmer to Farmer in the country. He stressed that the agriculture sector needs to modernize to become more productive, efficient and competitive. He said that other challenges were to increase wages for agricultural workers, to generate jobs and offer attractive living conditions for rural families.
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