Artemisa, Cuba - Agriculture and science have been closely linked to the development of humanity. The main function of agriculture is to produce food and raw materials. It is also one of the human activities with the greatest impact on the environment due to the high consumption of water, the use of chemical products for crops, and the effects this may have on ecosystems.

The advances of science applied to agriculture contribute to lessen its impact. The use of genetically modified seeds can generate benefits such as reducing the amount of water needed by crops and the amount of pesticides or insecticides applied, decreasing the negative impact on the health of the soil and the environment.

This activity must be carried out in a sustainable way to preserve the environment, and with the help of technological and agroecological advances, because agroecology is an investment for the future. The main idea of ​​agroecology is to go beyond alternative agricultural practices and develop agroecosystems, with a small dependence on agrochemicals and energy inputs. Agroecology is both a science and a set of practices. As a science, it is based on the "application of ecological science to the study, design and management of sustainable agroecosystems". This implies agricultural diversification, intentionally aimed at promoting biological interactions among the components of the agroecosystem so that they allow the regeneration of soil fertility and the maintenance of productivity and crop protection.

Today the development of agriculture takes science as sustenance; capable of feeding millions of inhabitants that overpopulate our afflicted planet. With soils and water resources increasingly scarce, only the great development of sciences such as Biology and Chemistry, with the contribution of Engineering and all its applications, allows and will allow to maintain the development of humanity that, although more technological, It is still linked to what the Earth can give us.

Hence, the use of agroecological techniques in the field, which are interested in using less harmful resources for the environment, focusing not only on food production but on the sustainability and balance of the ecosystem that supports it.