MATANZAS, Cuba, Oct 13 (acn) The rice mill, with capacity to process five tons of that cereal per hour, that is being built in the town of Amarillas that belongs to Matanzas Grains Agro-industrial Company, is nearing completion.
The implementation is scheduled for November, Jorge Luis Hernandez Alvarez, director of the entity located about 200 kilometers southeast of Havana, told CAN, adding that three silos with storage capacity of 1000 tons each are also being made.
Through this investment of Brazilian technology they can eliminate the transfer of rice to Hoyo Colorado, in Marti town (over 70 kilometers), north of the province and they will process rice for the consumption of the municipalities of Colon, Pedro Betancourt, Jagiiey Grande and other located south central Matanzas.
The grains company also has a seeds plant, which gives work to plant health specialists, with the goal of selling better quality seeds to producing entities, Hernandez Alvarez said.
Still far from meeting the demand of 41 thousand tons of rice for consumption of the basic basket in the province of Matanzas, the industry delivers little more than 50 percent of the product, which is bought to cooperatives, and then, after industrial treatment, is sold to domestic trade.
The director of the company noted the quality of the product depends on the producers, who are having difficulties with machinery, while the industry still has problems with drying. According to the expert, too much rice is still drought on the roads.
Due to agreements with Viet Nam, many workers receive training courses for cultural treatment and harvest of this crop, which by being an underwater plant needs plenty of water and special care.
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