The Cuban western province of Matanzas, one of the largest producers of potatoes in the country, will almost double potato yields during the present harvest, according to Agriculture officials.

With favorable indicators of industrial and agricultural efficiency, Villa Clara became the first territory of the country to reach 100 thousand tons of sugar produced in the current harvest, Granma newspaper reported.

The execution of some 11 works for accommodation or recreation is carried out by the Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR by its Spanish acronym) for the celebration of 500th anniversary of Remedios, the eighth village founded by the Spaniards in Cuba.

Cuban recreational places and services were presented at one of the most important European tourism fairs, that of Italy.

Turkish Economy minister Nihat Zeybekci expressed his country´s intensions to invest at the special economic zone located in the western port of Mariel and stressed the opportunities for commercial exchange, especially in the areas of tourism, transportation, biotechnology and industry.

A Cuban business delegation visited the Saudi city of Riad to explore, along with Saudi entrepreneurs, business opportunities and possibilities to develop joint ventures, according to diplomatic sources.

The use of modern Chinese technology to upgrade a Cuban solar panel production plant will result in considerably production increase of that facility, thus helping the installation of high-quality solar panel systems.

Cuba will attend the 35th International Tourism Fair of Milan to take place February 12-14 in the interest of further strengthening links between Cuban tourism and Italian collaborators.

Cuban Domestic Trade Minister, Mary Blanca Ortega, said in central Cienfuegos city that the transfer of state-owned catering and service businesses keeps well underway throughout the country and it may take up to three years.

The leasing of 462 restaurants, cafes, and entities that provide other services, to their 1,107 workers, is part of the activities developed in the province of Villa Clara in the last year, as part of the new measures that are undertaken for the revival of the sector.

Ceballos Agro-industrial Company had the previous year revenues by more than 200 million dollars, thanks to guava processing in small industries.

The implementation of innovative solutions, care for the environment and agricultural diversification were some of the reasons that warranted the award for the Work of Life to the farmer Anastasio Capote García.

A singular experience comes to life in the Cuban capital with the opening of a leased agricultural market, organized and controlled by three cooperatives in the municipality of Guira de Melena, in western Artemisa province.

PESCACAM fish farming company, which operates in Camagüey reservoirs, started 2015 with a positive result in January, capturing 400 tons of different species of freshwater, fourth time in three decades it reaches such figures in the first month of the year.