-DATE- 19880707 -YEAR- 1988 -DOCUMENT_TYPE- REMARKS -AUTHOR- F.CASTRO -HEADLINE- CASTRO VIEWS AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION -PLACE- CUBA -SOURCE- HAVANA RADIO RELOJ -REPORT_NBR- FBIS -REPORT_DATE- 19880712 -TEXT- Agriculture Production Viewed FL0707214188 Havana Radio Reloj Network in Spanish 1932 GMT 7 Jul 88 [Text] During the extensive analysis of agricultural production, Commander in Chief Fidel Castro called it an unfortunate day when the so-called peasant free market was introduced into the country. He said the correct thing to do is find socialist solutions to our problems. He recalled that the market held back the increase of cooperatives and also blocked the application of science and technology. Fidel stressed it was an error in these capitalist-style relations to let the peasants cultivate what agriculture did not produce. Today, said Fidel, we have programs for thousands of caballerias of tubers and vegetables. If we have an excess of crops, he said, we export them to socialist countries or we send them to the factories that produce liquid animal feed. This is the road, stressed the commander in chief. He also stressed the responsibility of agriculture in supplying quantities and varieties of products to the population. During the analysis of the results in the accounting and production systems of Havana diversified crops enterprises, Fidel stressed it is important that agriculture guarantee a variety of products. He noted the results of the June tomato harvest and the outlook for July, when it is expected more than 80,000 quintals will be harvested. The commander in chief stressed the need for new varieties of crops that are resistant to adverse weather during certain times of the year. Fidel then expressed interest in the production of hydroponic goods so that crops that are popular among the population, such as tomatoes, can be guaranteed all year long. The leader of the revolution noted the importance of technology and the new varieties of hydroponic crops in agriculture. He said that the current production plans are not sufficiently ambitious. Santiago de Cuba Province is raising hydroponic crops and this year they will have 50 units with an extension of 50 hectares of land, said Estaban Lazo Hernandez in Havana. When questioned by Fidel, the first secretary of the party in this province described the different crops they are growing to guarantee vegetables for the people of Santiago de Cuba. Fidel said that we should use land optimally, taking differences into account, and we should develop hydroponics in Santiago de Cuba because they are a good alternative and produce more than traditional crops. In reference to this topic, Jorge Lezcano, first party secretary in Havana, said that the principal difficulties in the capital have been the lack of resources and the concentration of agricultural means. -END-