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The 2,269 hectares granted are for the cultivation of tobacco, coffee, cane and for livestock. 14ymedio, Havana, October 9, 2025 — The need to increase the labor force on the island, affected by mass emigration and disenchantment with State jobs, has led the government of Granma province to give land in usufruct to 300 young … Continue reading “From Cuban Military Service to the Cuban Countryside: Granma Province Delivers Land in Usufruct to the ‘Demobilized’”

14ymedio, Madrid, 18 May 2023 — “They are giving us preferential treatment, the road is paved.” The words of Boris Titov, president of the Cuba-Russia Business Council, at the inauguration of the bilateral business economic forum this Wednesday at the Hotel Nacional in Havana, eloquently illustrate the state of the relationship between the two countries. … Continue reading “Red Carpet in Cuba for the Russians: Land in Usufruct for 30 Years and Tax Exemptions”

Yields have stalled between two and 2.5 tons per hectare, whereas in the past they reached up to five and the Vietnamese achieve up to seven in the rest of the Island 14ymedio, Madrid, December 12, 2025 –- “We’ve gone practically four years without having that technological package,” Odisnel Traba Ferrales, agricultural director of the … Continue reading “Without Fuel, Fertilizers, or Insecticides, They Intend To Plant 41,000 Hectares of Rice in Eastern Cuba”

Farmers demand a share of the “fresh dollars that go into the State coffers” 14ymedio, Havana, October 18, 2025 — The month of October is an ordeal for the tobacco farmers (vergueros) of Pinar del Río. The heavy rains of recent weeks have complicated the early stages of the tobacco campaign, a battle now taking … Continue reading “The Tobacco Growers of Pinar Del Río Are Leaving Tobacco and Planting Food”

The Agricultural Group has set out to sow 200,000 hectares (494,212 acres), half of which are under the responsibility of “large enterprises and specialized centers” 14ymedio, Havana, October 15, 2025 — The lack of production in Cuba is not easy to solve, but it usually finds compensation in a corresponding show of ‘voluntarism’. This is … Continue reading “As in Cuba’s Special Period, Authorities Hope the “Popular Rice” Will Reduce Imports”

Faced with the farmers’ demands, the authorities replied that “there are more important companies” to attend to first 14ymedio, Havana, October 11, 2025 — For more than two weeks, Amarilys and Gustavo have been without electricity in their home in the Cuban municipality of Florida, Camagüey. Heavy rains in late September caused serious damage to … Continue reading “Cuban Farmers Can Barely Guarantee Water for the Animals and Their Own Homes”

Despite the good performance of a Vietnamese company, only 10% of national consumption was covered in 2024 14ymedio, Madrid, October 8, 2025 — The participation of the private sector in rice production has grown so much that it has already exceeded the State’s contribution. Based on official information, the economist Pedro Monreal deduces that private … Continue reading “The Private Sector Has Become the Main Producer of Rice in Cuba”

Applications will be received between July 1 and 31, and the selection process will take approximately three months. 14ymedio, Madrid, June 30, 2025 — From this Tuesday and throughout the month of July, both private and state-owned MSMEs*, non-agricultural cooperatives (CNA) and local development projects (PDL)  from the east will be eligible for up to … Continue reading “The UN Manages Aid of up to $40,000 for MSMEs in Eastern Cuba”

Hanoi has seven companies in the Mariel free zone and proposes to get involved in agricultural development, fishing and energy 14ymedio, Havana, 7 March 2025 — It is not clear what Vietnam is looking for on the Island, but the failure of its largest agricultural project, due to Cuban mismanagement, has not slowed down its … Continue reading “Artemisa Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Vietnam’s Envoy and Its Investment Projects in Cuba”