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Cuba is the second largest producer of cassava in the Caribbean with a production of 300,000 t (2001). [12] However, the yield per hectare is the lowest of all Caribbean countries. Most of Cuba's production is used directly for fresh consumption. [13] Part of the cassava is processed to sorbitol in a plant near Florida, Central Cuba. [14]
Jaboticabal is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 77,652 (2020 est.) in an area of 707 km 2. [2] The town takes its name from the jabuticaba tree. The municipality is formed by the headquarters and the districts of Córrego Rico and Lusitânia. [3]
The agricultural sector now includes cooperatives: UBPCs, CPAs, CCSs, private, and state (Harnecker). The layout for cooperative agriculture was created after the 1959 Revolution with the Agrarian Reform Act which transferred 70% of farmland from vast colonial farms (Burchardt) to the state (Harnecker).
Yordán Díaz Gonzales pulled weeds from his fields with a tractor until Cuba's summer rainy season turned them into foot-deep red mud. Now it takes five farmhands to tend to Díaz’s crop.
The Cuban government suddenly fired its ministers of economy and food industry on Friday, after days of angry public response to an austerity plan rolled out last month that, among other things ...
From the 1750s to 1800s, Cuba's agriculture was dominated by the plantation system which constituted the economy solely to the exports of sugar, tobacco and coffee. These commodities ran Cuba's economy for more than 150 years, until January 1959 with the Communist Revolution. (Burchardt).
Agricultural organizations based in Cuba (5 P) S. Sugar industry of Cuba (1 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Agriculture in Cuba" The following 12 pages are in this ...
The group, founded in the 1960s, is meeting in Cuba just days ahead of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. Brazilian leader Lula rekindles ties with Cuba at G77 summit in Havana Skip to main ...