Africa-Press – Cape verde. The sugarcane harvest, which has been underway for more than a month in all agricultural valleys in the municipality of Porto Novo, is helping to alleviate the unemployment problem in the municipality.
Porto-Novense farmers today highlighted the impact of the sugar cane harvest on the local economy due to the “large amount” of jobs that the activity generates, with there being, since the beginning of January, a “great hustle and bustle” in all agricultural valleys of the municipality.
Producers Arlindo Delgado and João Lima, in Ribeira das Patas, highlight the fact that “cutting sugar cane” contributes to employing “many people” in this agricultural valley, alleviating the unemployment problem in this agricultural valley.
In Ribeira da Cruz, agricultural producer Vanderley Rocha told Inforpress that the sugarcane harvest absorbs all available labor at this time of year, and there is even a shortage of workers at this time of year.
An identical situation occurs in Tarrafal de Monte Trigo, where farmers also face a lack of labor, said producer Graciano Évora.
In Chã de Branquinho, the sugarcane harvest occupies “a lot of people”, according to farmer Octávio Inocêncio, who expects “a good year” in terms of grog production.
Despite these difficulties, the harvest is taking place “normally”, with “good production” of grog expected in all agricultural valleys, according to the forecast of grog producers.
The Government has already expressed its availability to discuss with producers in the municipality of Porto Novo the anticipation of the start date of the sugarcane harvest in this municipality, from 2025.
Porto Novo grog producers have insisted on the need to bring forward the start of the sugarcane harvest in Porto Novo to December, proposing to the Government that the law that regulates grog production in Cape Verde be adapted to the characteristics of each island.
The period destined for the sugar cane harvest and grog industrialization begins on January 1st and ends on May 31st, but, in the case of Porto Novo, producers defend the anticipation of the date to December 1st, with the argument that At that time, the locally produced sugar cane had already reached the “maturation phase” due to the climate.
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