In Cuba, rice production is a priority task due to its importance for the population, and in order to increase the availability of the grain, several development programs are being carried out, including the import and domestic production of machinery.
Currently, to supply the country with the necessary amount of rice, more than two thirds of the total demand is imported, usually from very distant regions.

Rice production is a priority in Cuba to guarantee the staple for the people, but in order to increase the local rice output the country needs to import and manufacture agricultural machinery.

Reports from the Cuban eastern province of Las Tunas reveal an increasing number of private workers by over 400 in February if compared to January this year, while the local non-state sector counts on more than 26 thousand workers.

The president of the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Cuba, Antonio Luis Carricarte Corona, and his Mongolian counterpart, Amartuvshin Otgondavaa, signed a collaboration agreement for the period 2021-2022.

Three months into the program of monetary transformation, the farmers in the province of Sancti Spíritus are moving forward regarding the fulfillment of tasks required by this process in the economic and social life of the nation.

Johanna Tablada, deputy director for the United States of the Cuban foreign ministry (MINREX by its Spanish acronym), denounced today the pressures by the White House on Latin American countries in the context of the COVID-19, revealed in the annual report of the Department of Health and Human Services of the North American country.

National sugar organizations continue promoting a collective and individual process of friendly competition to achieve a harvest marked by better discipline, productivity and efficiency in line with the current process of monetary and exchange transformation in the country.

Salvador Valdes Mesa, vice president of Cuba, heads today in the province of Holguin an exchange with managers and producers of the agricultural sector on the priorities to increase territorial self-sufficiency and strengthen food sovereignty and nutritional program.

Cuba denounced on Thursday before the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, the impact of the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States on food production and food security of the Cuban people.

Danilo Sanchez, Cuban ambassador to Bolivia, and Javier Freire, executive manager of the Bolivian Food Company, held a meeting in which both parties advocated expanding cooperation in the agri-food industry for the benefit of both peoples.

In just over a year, the new blockading measures imposed by the United States (U.S.) on Cuba have caused losses in the millions to the island, according to the island’s permanent mission to the United Nations (UN).

The U.S. blockade imposed almost six decades ago has limited Cuba's access to hemodialysis equipment, one of the most expensive technologies anywhere in the world.

The Ceballos Agroindustrial Enterprise, leader of the productive and exporting pole of the central Cuban province of Ciego de Avila, boosts the planting of fruit trees, one of its main crops, in which mango, guava, pineapple and coconut stand out.

Ruben Ramos, vice president of the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Cuba, held a virtual exchange with his Surinamese counterpart, Jayant A. Padarath, in which both parties advocated expanding bilateral trade in sectors of interest to the two economies.