We must produce the food our people need, amid the difficulties we face, stressed the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, during a meeting with militants of the party organization at the Ministry of Agriculture, and a representation of the directors and workers of its business system.

The Ministry of Agriculture is at the center of a process of unprecedented transformations, and we are certain that we can win; "because that is in the examples of creativity and organized work that exist in this sector, which this Ministry promotes, and in the producers who, amid difficulties, show that it can be done," assessed the Cuban leader.

As part of the concluding day of the visit made by the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Party and its auxiliary structure to this strategic organism of the nation, the exchange evaluated the progress of the implementation of the 176 economic and social transformations, of which 162 constitute an opportunity to increase food production, a matter that constitutes a priority for the country.

At the meeting, the interventions pointed to the importance of implementing the transformations in agriculture, for which a change of mentality in the way of doing things is needed; at the same time they advocated more dynamism and proactivity on the part of those who have to approve decisions, not only for the granting of land, but in the most diverse productive processes.

The party visit also analyzed the functioning of the political organizations and the union in the agriculture sector, as well as the work of institutional communication.

Member of the Political Bureau and secretary of Organization of the Central Committee, Roberto Morales Ojeda, called for perfecting the work of the party organization, because "a good process of implementation of the economic and social transformations depends on it," he reflected.

What is at stake today is that we manage to promote and control the implementation of the transformations and their fulfillment, and fulfillment here translates into more production.

For his part, member of the Political Bureau and Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz insisted that the Cuban state enterprise must develop; and regarding the implementation of the sector's measures, he pointed out that it is also being carried out in the context of the process of constituting the new Ministry of Agri-Food.

In this regard, the Head of Government specified: "This is not to be interpreted at all as a weakening of the agriculture sector, but quite the opposite, it is strengthened."

When offering the assessments that closed the extensive and fruitful day, President Díaz-Canel called on the militancy of the Ministry of Agriculture to take advantage of the approved measures, particularly to efficiently manage the land, and to make use of science and innovation to obtain higher yields.

Likewise, the Head of State urged the directors and workers of the state enterprises of the agricultural sector to take advantage of all the powers granted, to increase production, and with it transform a sector strongly affected by the tightening of the blockade and the energy siege imposed by the U.S. government.

The final call is to exemplarity and conscious mobilization. You do not administer just any sector, you manage the material base of the people's life. Agriculture is also a front of the ideological and social battle. And as the Army General said on one occasion, and it remains a premise, we must turn to the land and make it produce.

During the day, in which member of the Political Bureau and Cuban Vice President Salvador Valdés Mesa also participated, the country's top leadership held extensive exchanges with directors of three business groups of Agriculture: the Food and Poultry group, the Livestock group, and the Agricultural group, where their presidents reported on the progress of the process of implementing the economic and social transformations.

In that sense, the President of the Republic commented that, although he appreciates a good interpretation of the transformations in these groups, they must take greater advantage of the opportunities offered by these measures, with the conviction that with the contribution and participation of all it will be possible to increase the much-needed agricultural production that Cuba needs.