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28 Mar 2022
Agriculture advances in the implementation of new alternatives for crop protection
Given the rise in prices on the international market and the financial limitations imposed by the tightening of the US blockade against Cuba, the import records for fertilizers and pesticides in 2022 have been among the lowest in recent years. Reality that threatens the quality of the crop and the low yields of the sector.
23 Mar 2022
Cuba will hold agro-industrial and food fair, Fiagrop 2022
The 23rd edition of the International Agroindustrial and Food Fair, Fiagrop 2022, will be held from April 4 to 10 to show the transformations and recovery of agriculture in Cuba, the organizing committee reported today.
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23 Mar 2022
Drought threatens various crops
A tense situation is recorded these days in the province of Las Tunas, whose agriculture is mostly rainfed; that is, the producers do not contribute to the irrigation of the crops, but prepare the land and plant only with the favor of the rains.
23 Mar 2022
Santacruceños think the future of the city
Thinking about the socioeconomic development of the municipality and the problems that can be solved through scientific research and innovation, are fundamental objectives of the event The Future of my City, developed during the Santacruceña Culture Day.
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21 Mar 2022
San Germán, a new Cuban brand of Arabica coffee
San Germán is due to the area where the grain is produced, with a productive potential of eight tons per campaign.
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21 Mar 2022
Isla de la Juventud: They convene the First of May in work of sowing animal food
In the middle of a day dedicated to planting cane and other protein plants for animal feed, the celebration of the next May Day was called on the Isle of Youth.
21 Mar 2022
First of May in Cuba from the groove of Artemisa
Because food production, the sugar harvest, investments and the transformation of vulnerable neighborhoods will characterize the celebration of May Day 2022, this Sunday began in Artemisa with massive volunteer work in cane planting.
16 Mar 2022
Various crops: improving yields is the real challenge
During the recently concluded cold sowing campaign, 105% of the planned hectares were planted and all the provinces complied with their plans, despite the scarcity of inputs
16 Mar 2022
Las Tunas fulfilled its cold sowing campaign and begins the spring campaign
The cold planting campaign was completed in the province of Las Tunas by accounting for 20,820 hectares (ha), some 220 more than planned, according to Reynaldo Brito Pérez, deputy delegate of Various Crops in the local Delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture. Farming.
16 Mar 2022
Cuban Vice President points out challenges of Agriculture for 2022
Salvador Valdés Mesa, member of the Political Bureau and Vice President of the Republic, pointed out today that the Agriculture system should focus on strengthening the socialist state enterprise, increasing productive results and exploiting all possible hectares, without giving up conventional agriculture.
14 Mar 2022
The rebirth of the Trinitarian cooperative March 13
After hitting rock bottom, the Cooperativa de Producción Agropecuaria 13 de Marzo, from the Sancti Spiritus municipality of Trinidad, is today among those with the highest levels of production that support the income of its associates
14 Mar 2022
What differentiates an agricultural cooperative from an agricultural collective?
Cooperatives are organizations that belong to their members, who direct and manage them. Its form of property is collective property
14 Mar 2022
Cuban agriculture must secure more than a thousand tons of medicinal plants in 2022
According to the Ministry of Agriculture on its website, this year Cuban agriculture must ensure a total demand of 1,498 tons, of which 725 are destined for the Local Production Centers (CPL), 422 for Labiofam and 351 for BioCubaFarma.
08 Feb 2022
Foreign trade, foreign investment and international cooperation, keys in the development of Guantanamo
The existence of two export poles in the province, place #Guantánamo with ample potential to advance in the increase of exports of leading products in the territory such as coffee, cocoa, charcoal and coconut, the latter with its different derivatives including the substrate powder; Items to which are added others of great demand in the international market and that are called to become important sources of income such as eel, honey, varieties of natural fruits and turmeric.
01 Feb 2022
48 años después, ACPA sigue al lado de los productores
Una importante labor en la superación profesional de sus miembros desarrolla la filial de la Asociación Cubana de Producción Animal (ACPA) en la provincia de Las Tunas, organización que este 31 de enero cumple 48 años.
01 Feb 2022
Party leadership exchanges in Guantánamo with new economic actors
Rafael Pérez Fernández, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and First Secretary in Guantanamo, today visited El Stockholm, a private bar that is the first among almost 40 MSMEs approved by the Ministry of Economy and Planning (MEP) in the province.
01 Feb 2022
Crece exportación de miel desde provincia de Cuba
En una de las regiones claves hoy para la economía de Cuba la exportación de miel de abeja rozó las mil toneladas, cifra sin precedentes en las últimas cuatro décadas.
28 Jan 2022
Administrative management: the key to supply
The lack of products to offer to the people during the pandemic hit some more than others. Where the administrative management was constant, without a doubt, there was a greater presence of food and greater were the initiatives to reach the residents, either with direct sales in the establishments, or by bringing the options closer to the neighborhood, just where the people needed it most.
28 Jan 2022
Beekeeping balance draws new work commitments for 2022 from Contramaestre
More than ten thousand five hundred tons of honey produced in 2021 the Cuban Beekeeping Company establishing a record figure that allowed the growth of other important productive indicators of this entity.
28 Jan 2022
Agroindustrial company in Cuba prepares chili export to Canada
The agro-industrial company Cítricos Arimao, in this province in the center-south of the island, is preparing the conditions to export hot peppers to the Canadian market, local media announced today.
26 Jan 2022
New line in promotion for export in Cítricos Arimao de Cienfuegos
Dehydrated hot pepper is the new line in promotion among the assortments exported by the Citricos Arimao Company of the province of Cienfuegos, one of the most consolidated agricultural entities in the territory in international trade.
24 Jan 2022
Productive impulse in greetings to the 83 years of the CTC
Work related to food production occupied the attention of members of the 15 unions and members of the National Association of Innovators and Rationalizers in Santiago during this weekend, as a salute to the upcoming 83rd birthday of the Central de Trabajadores de Cuba (CTC).
24 Jan 2022
Protein plants to strengthen the prickly pear livestock
Taking advantage of local resources for the production of animal feed in the face of the difficult climatic conditions of the territory and the lack of inputs motivates the Jobipienso collective, belonging to the Las Tunas Integral Agricultural Company.
21 Jan 2022
Process of characterization and categorization of coffee producers begins
The Agroforestry Business Group together with the National Association of Small Farmers and the National Union of Agricultural, Forestry and Tobacco Workers, have prepared a document for the recovery of coffee areas, in mountainous areas, to increase the productive results and medium-term performance
20 Jan 2022
Lajero farmers in balance process
With the balance assembly of the Nelson Fernández Credit and Services Cooperative, the National Association of Small Farmers of San José de las Lajas began the assembly process
20 Jan 2022
They obtain vitroplants of cocoa resistant to the black pod
The pest Phytophthora palmivora produces zoospores that germinate and infect the underlying tissues of cocoa fruits, ultimately causing rot
20 Jan 2022
Changes in the contracting and commercialization of agricultural, forestry and tobacco production
Aspects related to municipal self-sufficiency and ways to determine the annual potential of important products for the country are required.
17 Jan 2022
Agricultural programs promoted in Matanzas
With the purpose of contributing to the socioeconomic development of the country, the people of Matanzas dedicate this Sunday a day of voluntary work to promote agriculture
17 Jan 2022
Activo en la producción de alimentos movimiento sindical de Holguín
La agricultura urbana del municipio de Holguín volvió a beneficiarse con las manos laboriosas de varios trabajadores y dirigentes sindicales, que este domingo se trasladaron hacia el organopónico Villa Nueva para realizar una jornada productiva.
17 Jan 2022
The coffee harvest is over and the 2022 harvest is ready in Santiago de Cuba
By fulfilling the delivery of more than 1,400 tons (t) of coffee in the municipality of the Third Front, the province of Santiago de Cuba finished the 2021 harvest and is preparing for the current year with the challenge of increasing the quality and exports of the grain
10 Jan 2022
Promote foundations of food safety
The fourth edition of a diploma on the specialty and another related to standardization, according to the Master in Science Nuria Dávila Fernández, director of the institution, concluded satisfactorily.
10 Jan 2022
Cold campaign of various crops: About to be served!
We are in the time of beautiful greens. Well-sown or flowering fields adorn the countryside, and men and women with a multitude of tasks give movement to a landscape that is never static but in constant movement.
10 Jan 2022
To work better and be more efficient
Fulfilling the productive plans, looking for reserves and potential in each territory, and overcoming material limitations, are fundamental elements to promote agriculture from Santiago in 2022.
05 Jan 2022
Go "on the safe" with sowing and harvesting
In order to protect and encourage more and more agricultural productions in Cuba, the country's top management included among the 63 measures approved for this strategic sector of the economy, important financial regulations that support the national effort to get the most out of the furrow. and reverse the food import matrix
05 Jan 2022
New genetic center in Guantánamo produces queen bees
A new genetic center to increase queen bee production was created by beekeepers from the La Sorpresa agroecological farm, belonging to the Cooperativa de Creditos y Servicios Fortalecida Luis Rustán (CCSF), in the municipality of Guantánamo.
05 Jan 2022
Contramaestre's economy overcame obstacles and takes on new challenges
The year 2021 behaved in an atypical way for the economy of the Contramaestre municipality. However, the people and their leaders worked conscientiously with the purpose of winning as much justice as possible. In the midst of a frank process of economic recovery, that Santiago territory intends to go for more in the face of the new year.
04 Jan 2022
They work in Matanzas to conclude the potato planting
With a plan of 1,440 hectares of potatoes, the province of Matanzas plans to complete the planting of the tuber on the coming SIX of January, according to the conditions created.
04 Jan 2022
Holguín advances in urban agriculture program
With the construction of 34 new organoponics for the production of vegetables in communities where this type of cultivation does not exist, the province of Holguín advances in urban agriculture projects, as part of the national food sovereignty program, aimed at increasing agricultural production.
04 Jan 2022
Camagüey aspires to livestock recovery in 2022
After a year of economic and social complexities aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba and worldwide, where most of the productions and services were affected, the province of Camagüey ends 2021 with a slight recovery that augurs well. a 2022 with better results.
29 Dec 2021
Raúl Castro: "The need to produce food remains intact"
Times have changed, but the need to produce food remains intact, warned Army General Raúl Castro in a congratulatory message for the 34th anniversary of the Movement of Urban, Suburban and Family Agriculture (AUSUF)
29 Dec 2021
Multiply what is worth
In the last two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has been an obstacle for life to follow its normal course; However, it did not prevent a multilateral initiative, focused on revitalizing the Cuban countryside
29 Dec 2021
In Sancti Spíritus the bee did go to the honeycomb
In addition to surpassing the production planned for the year, Beekeeping in Sancti Spíritus must achieve the second highest mark in its history
28 Dec 2021
The sovereignty that is born of the field and the effort
The leader of the Cuban Revolution and Army General Raúl Castro Ruz greeted the members of the Movement of Urban, Suburban and Family Agriculture, on the occasion of the 34 years that have passed
28 Dec 2021
The economic battle and food production focus the analysis of the Balance of the Mountainous Municipality Party
The necessary role of the militants of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) in the economic battle and the production of food focused the analysis of the Assembly of Balance, Renewal and Ratification of Mandates of the PCC, in the mountainous municipality of the Third Front, in this Province.
28 Dec 2021
Authorities of the province visit works and activities of economic and social interest in Santiago de Cuba
This Sunday, the work did not stop at strategic works in Santiago de Cuba
24 Dec 2021
Empresa Agropecuaria de Laguna Blanca goes for more in 2022
Laguna Blanca, the main productive pole of the province of Santiago de Cuba
22 Dec 2021
Potato planting with agroecological practices in Pinar del Río
Among the reasons that limit the planting of potatoes in Cuba is the lack of financing to acquire the technological package that this crop requires, an investigation by the Indio Hatuey de Matanzas Experimental Station, proposes alternatives.
22 Dec 2021
Science in Guantánamo contributes to the development of beekeeping
The Science system in Guantánamo contributed to beekeeping during 2021 with the implementation of technologies, the training of producers and the development of research, in favor of increasing the yields of this exportable item of high quality and demand in the market European
21 Dec 2021
Food self-sufficiency, crucial for the economic and social development of Cuba
Before the deputies of the Cuban Parliament it was reported that the regulations applied in the sector strengthen municipal structures and articulate and link state and non-state forms of productive management
21 Dec 2021
Díaz-Canel insists on encouraging foreign investment
The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, insisted today on encouraging foreign investment in the country with the integration of specialists in negotiating teams and a greater impact on productive entities.
21 Dec 2021
The 2021-2022 harvest begins in Villa Clara
Fulfilling the date set in the calendar, the central "Carlos Baliño" of the Santo Domingo municipality, began the 2021-2022 harvest at dawn on Monday, December 20. In this way, he is the first in Villa Clara to start his machinery.
14 Dec 2021
Deputy Prime Minister exchanged with producers and directors from Santiago
Jorge Luis Tapia, Cuban vice prime minister, exchanged today with producers and directors of state companies in the province of Santiago de Cuba, about the development of livestock and compliance with the 63 measures implemented in the country this year to favor the production of food.
14 Dec 2021
Matanzas exceed annual honey production plan and continue for more
Again, quietly and despite the months of pandemic, Matanzas beekeepers widely exceed their production plan for more than 12 consecutive years and are going for more.
07 Dec 2021
The agricultural, forestry and tobacco sector of Artemisa is recognized
Structures and members of the National Union of Agricultural, Forestry and Tobacco Workers (SNTAFT) in Artemisa were recognized today as part of the conference of this organization in greeting to its fifth anniversary of its creation, to be held on December 12.
07 Dec 2021
Cienfuegos increases productions for export
The province has agricultural and industrial potential to become an export pole
07 Dec 2021
Recover cocoa production, priority of the Party in Baracoa
The importance of recovering the levels of cocoa production in Baracoa, to guarantee the export of the product, as well as the supply to the local Chocolate Factory, focused the debates of the Municipal Assembly of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) in the Primada de Cuba, which was attended by Félix Duarte Ortega, member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the PCC.
06 Dec 2021
They check food production in Matanzas
Cuban Deputy Prime Minister Jorge Luis Tapia Fonseca spoke with producers from Matanzas on Friday about the implementation of 63 measures to revitalize food production.
06 Dec 2021
The harvest began in Cuba and in Cienfuegos on the 14 de Julio central
The beginning of the cane cuts in the fields of the Cooperativa de Producción Agropecuaria (CPA) Nicaragua Libre was the preamble to the start of the 14 de Julio plant, the first in the country and the province to start up its sugar mills in the 2021 harvest. 2022
03 Dec 2021
Cuba with a complicated sugar harvest
For the Central Enidio Díaz, in Granma, the 2021-2022 sugar harvest begins today, December 2, according to the first vice president of the Sugar Business Group (AZCUBA), José Carlos Santos.
03 Dec 2021
Agricultural Development Bank supports important productions in Camagüey
The Agricultural Development Bank, one of the measures that Cuba has been promoting since last September, contributes to supporting important productions in the province of Camagüey, among them that of rice, which registers the highest figure with four loans granted to date, totaling more than 68 million pesos.
03 Dec 2021
Potato in the furrow to savor in February
Little more than 215 hectares of potatoes have planted to date the farmers of this western province, in such a way that the plantations corresponding to the seed of national origin are almost completed, to continue with the import, which will soon complete the reception in ports Cubans and that guarantees the largest volume of food.
02 Dec 2021
Food sovereignty plan to substitute imports in Cuba
The substitution of imports, the development of endogenous resources of the localities and quality production are axes of the National Plan for Food Sovereignty and Nutrition Education (SAN) of Cuba, authorities said today.
02 Dec 2021
They recognize the potential of Guantánamo as an exporting province
Guantánamo, as the largest coffee, coconut and cocoa exporting province in the country, has the potential to increase the yields of these items and respond to the growing international demand, in favor of the socio-economic development of the country.
02 Dec 2021
Constituted Business Unit of Integral Logistics Base in Contramaestre
The province of Santiago de Cuba constituted its first Base Business Unit for the integral logistics of the agricultural sector and it did so in the municipality of Contramaestre.
01 Dec 2021
Call Tapia Fonseca to treat the Contract
On a visit to Isla de la Juventud, Vice Prime Minister Tapia Fonseca called for agile problem solving and banishing bureaucracy, in order to stimulate food production
01 Dec 2021
Cuban exportable offer presented at Business Forum
The Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment of Cuba, Rodrigo Malmierca, presented today the exportable offer of the country, in the context of the II Business Forum of the Caribbean nation.
01 Dec 2021
Sensible cultural and economic boost in Guantánamo
The eastern Cuban province of Guantánamo exhibits among its economic and cultural successes the embodiment of the so-called Chocolate and Coffee Festival, alluding to two of its main productions, whose fifth version gained space in the capital of the territory.
30 Nov 2021
New edition of the Bioenergy Atlas of Cuba 2021 announced
A new expanded version of the Bioenergy Atlas of Cuba 2021 is currently being published and this time it covers the sectors of the Food Industry, the AZCUBA Sugar Group, the Cuban Tobacco Company and others.
30 Nov 2021
Cuban biopharmaceutical industry presented business opportunities
The group of companies in the biopharmaceutical sector of Cuba, BioCubaFarma, presented its portfolio of business opportunities for foreign investment during the first day of the II Business Forum of the Caribbean nation.
30 Nov 2021
First meeting of Coffee Exporting Poles from Guantánamo
The event, which invited Cuban and Italian businessmen, Bolivia, Peru and Russia, is chaired by Elexis Legrá Calderín, director of Coffee, Cacao and Coco of the Agroforestry Group of the Ministry of Agriculture (GAF)
26 Nov 2021
Outstanding agroecological experiences are awarded
The contest "Agroecology: Scalable Innovative Initiatives and Evidence for Sustainable Rural Development in Cuba" was convened in 2019
26 Nov 2021
Coffee production continues in Sagua de Tánamo
In the mountainous areas of the province of Holguín, agriculture is focused especially on the production of coffee, for which a Development Program has been designed that seeks to increase production, with a view to satisfying the demand for the basic basket, consumption social and exports.
26 Nov 2021
Charcoal producer opens presence of “Amancio” among Tuneras MSMEs
With the approval of the Ministry of Economy and Planning (MEP), this Wednesday, to become a medium private company a producer of charcoal from marabou, the presence of the municipality of Amancio began among the new economic actors that are constituted in the country since last September.
24 Nov 2021
The potentialities of the Cuban Agricultural Development Bank stand out
The Banca de Fomento Agrícola de Cuba, in force since the 1st. To date, 287 agricultural productive forms have been benefited with the financing of 735 million pesos, authorities of the sector reported today.
24 Nov 2021
They produce high-quality seeds in Holguín in support of agricultural programs
The Seed Company belonging to the subsidiary of the Ministry of Agriculture, in Holguín, ensures through its programs the delivery of the vital component with the required quality in support of the planting of various crops, in support of the strategies established to contribute to sovereignty food.
24 Nov 2021
Cuban textile industry guarantees containers of exportable products
More than 28 million polypropylene bags for packaging exportable products and for national consumption were manufactured by the textile company Luis Augusto Turcios Limas (Sarex), sources from the sector reported today.
17 Nov 2021
Debate on contract farming and the probabilities of application in Cuba
The contract may include information or conditions on how production will take place or whether the buyer will provide inputs such as seeds and fertilizers, financial assistance, technical advice or other support services.
17 Nov 2021
Projects build guidelines towards sustainable, resilient and equitable food systems
An exchange workshop aims to draw methodological lines on the gender approach in the Strategic Support for Sustainable Food Security program.
12 Nov 2021
Cuban President confirms program of attention to neighborhoods in Bayamo
Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party and President of Cuba, confirmed at noon this Thursday the program of attention to the neighborhoods of Granma in the so-called Pedro Pompa, in Bayamo.
11 Nov 2021
Increased milk delivery, more visible impact of the new prices
More than a week after the implementation of new collection prices for milk, in this eastern territory there is an increase in the delivery of the liquid to the industry.
11 Nov 2021
Balance report of the Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba in Amancio
During the VIII Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, the Ideas, Concepts and Guidelines aimed at updating the Cuban Economic and Social Model of Socialist Development were approved, with the sole purpose of consolidating and giving continuity to the Revolution.
11 Nov 2021
Stability in the supply of agricultural products, a challenge for the people of Spiritism
Stability in the supply of products from the agricultural sector to the population is a challenge for the people of Spiritism, Ramón Osmani Aguilar Betancourt, president of the Permanent Commission of Agrifood Work of the National Assembly of People's Power, told the ACN.
10 Nov 2021
Present Cuba at the China International Export Expo
In order to expand and diversify exports to the Chinese market, Cuba participates in the China International Import Expo (CIIE), which takes place in the city of Shanghai.
10 Nov 2021
Vice Prime Minister Jorge Luis Tapia visits economic impact centers in Guantánamo
The deputy prime minister spoke with producers about the application of the 63 agricultural measures and with fishermen, to find out what limits or prevents them from achieving greater catches to guarantee the sale of proteins to the population.
09 Nov 2021
Procedure for the financing of productive activities of labor groups in Agricultural Companies
As part of the 63 measures approved by the government to boost food production is the model for making labor management more flexible.
08 Nov 2021
Animal welfare in Cuba: Compassion is not by decree
Cuba has the Decree-Law of Animal Welfare, which entered into force on July 10, but the sensitivity goes beyond any legal framework. It is acquired with the sum of values ??of human beings, with the ability that we have to put ourselves in the place of those who suffer.
08 Nov 2021
In San Luis, food producers meet to set immediate goals
San Luis has three 3,500 associated with different peasant structures. Coffee, sugarcane, various crops, large and small livestock, birds, grains, honey; They are among the main lines served.
02 Nov 2021
A large collective in conscience in Pinar del Río
The center has 18 specialized areas, including one for cocoa and coffee, as well as a fruit farm, a nursery, tall beds, seedbeds, medicinal plants, a growing house, organoponics and the livestock module / Photo: Courtesy of the Center
02 Nov 2021
World support against the US blockade stands out in Cuba
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez highlighted the actions that are being developed in various countries to demand the lifting of the United States' blockade against the island.
02 Nov 2021
Second largest coffee producer in Cuba expects to increase this year
More than 882 thousand cans of cherry coffee are estimated to be collected in the current harvest by the eastern province of Guantánamo, the second largest producer of the bean in Cuba.
29 Oct 2021
Production of bee honey destined for export increases in Holguín
The Beekeeping Company in the province of Holguín increases the production of honey for export with the delivery of more than 320 tons until the end of September of this year.
29 Oct 2021
Electronic commerce, security means and agriculture: the new tuneras mipymes
The first small private entities in the branches of electronic commerce, security media and agriculture, in this eastern Cuban province, received the approval of the Ministry of Economy and Planning (MEP), which this Wednesday published its fifth list of the MSMEs and approved non-agricultural cooperatives.
29 Oct 2021
Coffee planting began at full speed in the Elpidio Sosa cooperative
The only ones of its kind, in the provincial development program, workers from the Cooperativa de Creditos y Servicios Elpidio Sosa (CCS) of Puerto Padre, since the last hours, sow 25 hectares of coffee in the plain, in order to obtain the grain for territorial supply and reduce imports.
28 Oct 2021
Coffee harvest continues
Without producing a peak in the harvest, the 2021-2022 coffee harvest continues in the south eastern province of Granma.
28 Oct 2021
They will strengthen the immunity of Cubans already vaccinated against COVID-19
The head of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health (Minsap), José Ángel Portal Miranda reported this Wednesday that a new vaccination strategy is expected to begin in mid-November, with a view to strengthening the immunity of the population that has already been immunized against COVID-19.
28 Oct 2021
LABIOFAM updates the prices of efficient microorganisms
The production and commercialization of efficient microorganisms is one of the most important tasks for the Labiofam Company in Guantánamo, which accumulates considerable quantities at the disposal of agricultural producers.
28 Oct 2021
Economic sectors of Cuba apply strategies for recovery
The Ministers of Agriculture, Food Industry, and of Energy and Mines of Cuba presented before the National Assembly of People's Power some actions that these sectors promote to overcome economic difficulties.
27 Oct 2021
Medicinal plant crops increase in Cuba
Throughout our country there are 142 farms of medicinal plants, which increase these crops, eleven of them nestled in the mountains and dedicated to the production of sensitive species, which require very specific conditions for development.
27 Oct 2021
More than 15 foreign investment projects are being carried out in Cuban agriculture
More than 15 foreign investment projects are being carried out today in the Cuban agriculture system, in correspondence with the importance of this sector for food security and the country's economy.
27 Oct 2021
Cuban agricultural measures impact food production
The measures implemented by Cuba to stimulate agricultural production impact today on the diversification of crops and the obtaining of food, considered Rafael Santiesteban, president of the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP).
27 Oct 2021
MSMEs are an opportunity to improve the economy in Cienfuegos
From the first days of the current month to date, four private MSMEs in the province of Cienfuegos were approved, an opportunity to improve the territorial economy, amid the improvement of the sector and the Ordering Task.
27 Oct 2021
Cuba ponders virtues of agroecology
Cuba is considered today among the countries with the most progress in stepping up to a new model of sustainable agriculture based on agroecology, according to the Ministry of Agriculture (Minag).
26 Oct 2021
Sanluisero coffee with new opportunities for its commercialization abroad
A new collaborative project benefits coffee growers in this municipality.
26 Oct 2021
What Travelers Should Know About Importing Veterinary Products
The offer of vaccines for companion animals will have a solution with the sale through the consignment of these products, which is in the contracting phase by the competent entities
26 Oct 2021
Impact of the Prosam project on agriculture recognized
Madruga is today a reference municipality in Mayabeque of the Prosam project, dedicated to accelerating the sustainable production of healthy food from a gender perspective.
06 Oct 2021
Sri Lanka and Cuba exchange on coconut crops
The Minister of Plantations of Sri Lanka, Ramesh Pathirana, exchanged with the Cuban ambassador, Andrés Marcelo González, on matters of mutual interest related to the cultivation and production of coconut, it was disclosed today.
06 Oct 2021
Efficiency in the Ciego de Ávila Poultry Company
The efficiency of the agricultural and livestock operators has made it possible for the Ciego de Ávila Poultry Company to maintain the best comprehensive results among entities of its kind in Cuba.
06 Oct 2021
Calixteños agricultural workers with great challenges
Voluntary work sessions and job changes aimed at promoting the cold planting campaign and cleaning the crops characterized the activities for the celebration of Agricultural Worker Day, on October 3, in the municipality of Calixto García.
06 Oct 2021
Servimav, an option for socioeconomic development in Cienfuegos
Servimav, the first private MSMEs approved in the province of Cienfuegos, is a great option to contribute to the socioeconomic development of the country and for the generation of new jobs, in the midst of the process of improving the economy in Cuba.
06 Oct 2021
New call for applications for the creation of MSMEs in Cuba
The Ministry of Economy and Planning of Cuba (MEP) approved a new call for the presentation of applications for the creation of micro, small and medium enterprises (Mipymes), and non-agricultural cooperatives (CNA) in the country.
05 Oct 2021
First-class entrepreneur recognizes Avileña MSMEs advantages of these economic structures
Carrying out direct contracts with different actors in the Cuban economy and at the same time being part of them, is one of the advantages of the recently approved micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (Mipymes), affirmed Fernando Javier Albán Torres, one of the three partners. de Media Luna, the first of these economic structures in Ciego de Ávila.
05 Oct 2021
Cuba will offer attractive national products for six months at Expo Dubai 2020
The Cuban pavilion will offer attractive national products to visitors to Expo 2020 Dubai for six months, Miriam Martínez Delgado, director of Fairs and Exhibitions of the Chamber of Commerce of the Greater Antilles, highlighted on the social network Twitter.
05 Oct 2021
Villa Clara advances in the slaughter and sale of cattle
After the approval, by the highest management of the country, of the procedure for slaughter, consumption and sale of cattle by the producers; 126 Villa Clara ranchers –of the 157 endorsed for this task in the province– have already managed to commercialize beef.
05 Oct 2021
Agriculture: application of science; best results
It is not a secret. In Cuba dissimilar measures have been arranged for the improvement of agriculture. It is about, neither more nor less, betting everything on food production, in order to offer more options to the population.
05 Oct 2021
Cuban agriculture in pursuit of renewal
In order to implement the 73 measures approved to stimulate the development of Cuban agriculture, the Ministry of the sector designed an action plan to respond to organizational, productive and socioeconomic problems.
04 Oct 2021
Subplanta Veterinary Clinic reopens in Santa Clara
The highest authorities of the Party and the Government in the province, as well as the Delegation of Agriculture reopened this Sunday the Subplanta Veterinary Clinic in Santa Clara after a capital remodeling.
04 Oct 2021
First Pet Adoption Fair in Cuba
For the first time in Cuba, a Pet Adoption Fair was held in the Almendares Park in Havana, dedicated to World Animal Day, to be celebrated on October 4.
04 Oct 2021
They analyze implementation of measures to boost the agricultural sector in Cuba
Of the 311 actions planned to date for the implementation of the 61 measures approved to boost the agricultural sector, 114 have been completed, 196 are in process and there is one unfulfilled, explained the Director of Organization, Planning and Information of the Ministry of Agriculture , MSc. Armando Miralles Calvo, during a videoconference with the members of the Agri-Food Commission of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP).
04 Oct 2021
Agricultural Worker Day: The Example We Need
The benchmark of optimal performance that the basic unit of cooperative production (UBPC) Gispert means for the Ministry of Agriculture has just been awarded the 80th Anniversary Seal of the founding of the Central de Trabajadores de Cuba (CTC), which recognizes outstanding results in the production of goods and services.
01 Oct 2021
Melissa and the peasant family
The will of Cubans to contribute, starting from production, with the reinforcement of food in health institutions in Villa Clara. An altruistic gesture that multiplies the unity of all.
01 Oct 2021
For a closer agriculture
The Movement of Urban, Suburban and Family Agriculture is strengthened in Camagüey with the revival of patios and plots dedicated to the production of vegetables based on family self-sufficiency
01 Oct 2021
Strategy to boost agriculture is evaluated in Cienfuegos
To push for the implementation in Cienfuegos of the 63 measures approved in the country to boost agriculture, the member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and its first secretary in the province, Maridé Fernández López, exchanged with agricultural producers.
01 Oct 2021
Cuba has its space at Expo Dubai 2020
Cuban products and services, exponents of achievements in the economic, scientific and cultural fields, have their own space at the Dubai World Expo, which begins today in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
30 Sep 2021
Tobacco sector applies in Villa Clara measures to encourage agricultural development
Among the actions developed in Villa Clara so that the tobacco industry contributes more to the country, the creation of selected ones that promote greater product performance stands out.
30 Sep 2021
Cuban province of Matanzas exceeds expected export in first semester
The Cuban province of Matanzas exceeded the export plan foreseen in the first half of this year by 6.2 percent, an economic report said on Wednesday in the western region.
30 Sep 2021
Cuban science heads towards food sovereignty
In the largest Cuban province, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (Citma) today prioritizes the policy for the use of genetically modified organisms and thus promote agriculture and food sovereignty.
30 Sep 2021
Cuba's largest organization celebrated its 61st anniversary in Sierra de Cubitas
It was an idea of ??Fidel. There, in the first months after the popular triumph of 1959, and in response to the multiple aggressions of the United States, the largest organization in Cuba was born on September 28, 1960: the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR).
24 Sep 2021
Lists coffee producing structures for the current harvest in Santiago de Cuba
Producers of the eight coffee-growing massifs in the province of Santiago de Cuba have created the conditions to begin, at the end of this current September, the harvesting of the grain of the second campaign that is developed under sanitary and material restrictions in the country.
24 Sep 2021
Vice President of the Republic recognizes progress in self-sufficiency program
The overcompliance with the planting plan of the recently concluded spring campaign was recognized today, in this city, as a plausible achievement of the Guantanamo people in the midst of the rigor of the pandemic, by the member of the Political Bureau and Vice President of the Republic of Cuba, Salvador Valdés Mesa.
24 Sep 2021
Productive drought on fertile lands
When last April in the country the approval of 63 measures aimed at stimulating food production was announced (of which 30 were considered a priority)
14 Sep 2021
Ranchers benefit from new marketing measures, but other cracks persist
About 6,285 farmers in this eastern province will receive the benefits of the new measures implemented in the sector for the sale of milk and its derivatives, based on compliance with the delivery plan and other indicators established by the livestock.
14 Sep 2021
Militants at the base must be proactive against obstacles to production processes
The urgency of consolidating the productive poles, under the principle of planting more and not leaving idle land, is one of the strategies prioritized by Cuba in the effort to bring food production closer to the demands of the population
14 Sep 2021
Ecomic plant in Las Tunas is in the final phase of constructionn
Its capacity per year will exceed 30 tons
14 Sep 2021
Ecomic plant in Las Tunas is in the final phase of constructionn
Its capacity per year will exceed 30 tons
13 Sep 2021
Cuba authorizes the importation of some products for veterinary use
A resolution of the Ministry of Agriculture (Minag) of Cuba suspended this Friday the import restrictions by travelers of a group of products for veterinary use.
13 Sep 2021
Urges Valdés Mesa in Matanzas to permanent exchange with producers
Salvador Valdés Mesa, vice president of Cuba, urged to maintain a permanent exchange with producers in the agricultural sphere of the country, based on the 63 measures approved by the Government to enhance food production and labor productivity in the field.
13 Sep 2021
Produce more food
In recent months, Cuba has adopted a series of measures aimed at reactivating and boosting the economy, given the difficult conditions imposed at the international level by COVID 19, aggravated for our country by the reinforcement of the blockade that the United States has maintained for almost six decades.
10 Sep 2021
Cuba promotes the creation of agricultural production poles
Cuba today is promoting the formation of agricultural and forestry productive poles aimed at increasing food supplies to large cities, substituting imports and increasing exports through value chains, reported a specialized source.
10 Sep 2021
The Ministry of Agriculture focuses its attention and hopes on the productive poles
Today the Ministry of Agriculture focuses its attention and hopes on agricultural and forestry productive poles, aimed at national balances, to supply large cities, the food industry and tourism, to substitute imports and export; although it also does not neglect local food systems, at the municipality level.
10 Sep 2021
Camagüey in cold campaign
In the province of Camagüey, the largest cold planting campaign of the last decade began with a plan of more than 14 thousand hectares, according to Julio Alberto Velázquez, provincial delegate of the Ministry of Agriculture, told local television.
09 Sep 2021
21st Anniversary of Social Workers
This day, in the municipality of Diez de Octubre, we celebrate the 21st Anniversary of the Social Workers program, with the presence of leaders of Partido, the Government, founders of the program and other guests.
09 Sep 2021
Fines apply to violators of the Decree Law of Animal Welfare in Artemisa
The feline's aggressors, in addition to the physical damage they caused it, verbally manifested themselves using phrases of extreme violence and filmed this extremely cruel act.
09 Sep 2021
Advances south of Las Tunas project that benefits agricultural resilience in rural communities
The identification of entities and beneficiaries that will act in more than 15 thousand hectares of the municipalities in the south of the province of Las Tunas marks the first steps of the IRES project, aimed at increasing the resilience of vulnerable rural communities.
09 Sep 2021
Productive Poles seek to maximize efficiency in food production
The Agricultural and Forestry Productive Poles, which were approved by law less than a week ago, will be distinguished by the articulation of different economic actors, the use of innovation and strategies to reduce imports, with the clear purpose of producing as much food as possible with high added value.
09 Sep 2021
Who says that Creole pig breeding does not give?
In spontaneous symbiosis with nature, Miguel Ángel Saínz Serrano –Miguelín– has dedicated his life to livestock activities, mainly to raising pigs.
09 Sep 2021
The world opposes, but Biden extends the law supporting the blockade
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, signed this Tuesday the extension, for another year, of the Law of Commerce with the Enemy, one of the statutes of the White House that supports the economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba
08 Sep 2021
That the furrow worries us more than waiting for the ship
Without sinning as triumphalist, the fact of closing the spring campaign of various crops with the sowing of more than 19,000 hectares of viands, grains, fruit trees and vegetables constitutes, for Camagüey, a clear sign of how much can be done in circumstances of material shortages of different kinds
08 Sep 2021
Cuban companies will participate in the Italian fair Macfrut 2021
Representatives of companies from different agro-industrial sectors of the island will participate in the Italian Macfrut 2021 fair that will take place from September 7 to 9, the Cuban Chamber of Commerce (CCC) reported today.
08 Sep 2021
Cuba committed to transforming its agriculture
With the creation of agricultural and forestry productive poles to increase the supply of food to large cities, the food industry and tourism, Cuba is today promoting the transformation of its agriculture.
03 Sep 2021
Women at the forefront
The role of women stands out for its delicacy and dedication to achieve a change in society.
03 Sep 2021
Santo Suárez Park continues to beautify and we go for more
A series of measures, planting plans, and construction works have been carried out to ensure progress in society and the environment of this council. Nature and heritage are once again linked for a better society.
03 Sep 2021
Implementation of new plans in the Tamarindo Popular Council
The streets and wineries of this council renew their image, because we put our hearts to Tamarindo
03 Sep 2021
President of Cuba travels productive pole of Mayabeque
The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, today toured production bases in the western province of Mayabeque, and verified there the rescue of areas for the promotion of various crops.
02 Sep 2021
They maintain quality genetics in Holguín in the production of honey for export
Beekeeping in the province of Holguín maintains quality genetics in the production of honey for export, as part of the actions to expand this exportable item, one of the most significant within the agricultural sector in the eastern territory.
02 Sep 2021
MINAG workers as a function of society
Supporting in the Tamarindo Popular Council the workers of the Agroforestry Business Group, the Sertaf Company and the EAF Agroforestal Habana, in a day of tribute for the birthday of our Commander in Chief
02 Sep 2021
Cuba, a different example
This is how the young Italian Matteo Baldino considers his relationship with our country, which has allowed him to be part of the project Putting a heart to Cuba
02 Sep 2021
Livestock changed María Julia's dream
If the pharmacy was the first dream, the cattle ranch replaced it to such an extent that, María Julia Álvarez Rey, "The Queen of Cattle in Cabaiguán", would not change for anything in this world.
09 Aug 2021
Pinar del Río achieves the highest honey production in the last 30 years
With the 332 tons that have already been achieved, Pinar del Río reaches the highest honey production to this date in the last 30 years
09 Aug 2021
Cuba extends coffee production to the plain
Cuba needs to lower coffee production to the plain to take advantage of the potential that the workforce and some soils represent, in order to increase crops, especially those that can be used for national consumption.
09 Aug 2021
After the effort to create new jobs in Las Tunas
Around 7,628 people have found employment in the province, between the state and private sectors, since the beginning of the current year, in which the economic order in Cuba came into force, which as expected generated a considerable increase in people seeking of labor ties.
09 Aug 2021
Miguel Díaz-Canel with those who know how to produce
The First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba began and sealed the work week as he likes best: interacting (communicating and learning) with his fellow citizens. Doing together. On Saturday morning he marched inland to meet with agricultural producers from Mayabeque and Artemisa.
05 Aug 2021
New measures to make agricultural marketing more flexible
As part of the implementation of the marketing policy in Cuba, it was decided to decentralize the prices of sweet potatoes, bananas and taro for social consumption, which benefits producers and brings new challenges in the management of the State budget.
05 Aug 2021
Sanluisera youth organizes activities in greeting to Fidel's 95th birthday
Days of volunteer work, productive activities and sanitation are scheduled for the youth of this municipality to commemorate the 95th birthday of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz, and the International Youth Day.
05 Aug 2021
Progress in the contracting of water to producers in the agricultural sector in Las Tunas
At 92%, the process of contracting water from producers in the agricultural sector is already underway in Las Tunas, both for livestock activities and for various crops
05 Aug 2021
With new services remodeled Las Tunas Veterinary Clinic
A nursery, sanitary filter, operating room, clinical laboratory and a pharmacy are among the new services that the Las Tunas Veterinary Clinic incorporates, the first remodeling it received after its opening in 1989, and a real joy, in line with the recently approved Law of Animal Welfare in Cuba.
05 Aug 2021
Science and technique are applied in coffee recovery in Santiago de Cuba
In Santiago de Cuba, all the entities propose to fulfill the coffee stockpiles and take into account the fields that exhibit in their green a fruit production above 70% in relation to the last harvest
05 Aug 2021
In more than 30 countries, they sign a statement of support for Cuba
More than 50 solidarity organizations, and Cubans residing abroad, have signed a joint statement in support of the Cuban people and against media terrorism and the hate campaign, unleashed and instigated against the largest of the Antilles from the United States.
02 Aug 2021
Organizing Task benefits honey producers in Holguín
Beekeeping in the province of Holguín, one of the lines with significant contributions to exportable items in the eastern territory, stands out among the branches benefited from the implementation of the Ordering Task, underway since January of this year in Cuba.
02 Aug 2021
More than six thousand milk producers in Camagüey receive new payments
More than six thousand ranchers in the province of Camagüey received the new payments for compliance and overcompliance with their milk production based on the measures approved last May by the Cuban government with the aim of boosting the agricultural branch.
02 Aug 2021
It carries science and technology coffee recovery in Santiago de Cuba
The results of the application of science and technique for the coffee recovery in the province of Santiago de Cuba, were verified by Elexis Legra, director of Coffee, Cacao and Coconut of the Ministry of Agriculture (Minagri), in a tour that concluded today by municipalities dedicated to cultivation.
28 Jul 2021
The commercialization process of cow's milk advances in Cuba
Among the 63 measures approved by the government to strengthen the agricultural sector and increase food production, Resolution 140 on the commercialization of cow's milk in a fluid way stands out.
28 Jul 2021
Niquero: "Cover of work and victories"
A glance at this town in the coastal region of the eastern Cuban province of Granma allows the visitor to see the transformations that in the social, economic and productive spheres, little by little, offer renewed airs of advance, palpable in the city or the communities rural.
28 Jul 2021
Pinar del Río exhibits good results in honey production
Sustained overcompliance in honey production in the past months of this calendar allowed Pinar del Rio beekeepers to surpass the record set 20 years ago, by completing 306 tons (t) of the food, benefiting from the appropriate weather behavior.
21 Jul 2021
Farmers from Las Tunas do not renounce to comply with their exportable items
In the midst of a tightening of the US blockade against Cuba and with the limitations imposed internationally by the Covid-19 pandemic, the province of Las Tunas continues to work to fulfill the exportable items of the agricultural sector.
21 Jul 2021
A new bridge in Matanzas
Matanzas remains firm, standing on the fibers of its henequen, with support points from all the provinces. His crocodiles now wear a doctor's gown and cap and play, against the pandemic, like a Cuban team
21 Jul 2021
Peasants support the pronouncements of Díaz-Canel
Standing, working and with eyes wide open is the position of peasants and cooperatives in the province of Santiago de Cuba committed to the Revolution and its president Miguel Díaz-Canel.
19 Jul 2021
They streamline in Santiago de Cuba the manufacture of beds for sanitary use
The manufacture of wooden beds and the recovery of other metal profiles are today a priority in this province to face this need in hospitals due to the increase in patients with Covid-19.
19 Jul 2021
Cuban vice president exchanged with agricultural producers from Cienfuegos
The vice president of the Republic of Cuba, Salvador Valdés Mesa, held a meeting in the province of Cienfuegos with producers and authorities of the territory, with the purpose of evaluating the implementation of the 63 measures approved in the country to promote agriculture.
19 Jul 2021
Exports of non-state management forms increase in Cuba
The forms of non-state management of the Cuban economy have managed to export more than 10 million pesos to date in items such as charcoal, agricultural products and other services.
19 Jul 2021
Second Secretary of the National Committee of the UJC talks with young people from the municipality of Baraguá
Ailin Álvarez García, Second Secretary of the National Committee of the Union of Young Communists (UJC), made a visit to the municipality of Baraguá to learn about the prominence of the girls and boys of this Avilanian territory.
14 Jul 2021
In "El Ramón" more production is required
A UBPC from Santiago that advances in the Coffee Development Program and food production
14 Jul 2021
Agroforestry company Sancti Spíritus supports Matanzas
It is time to support ourselves with everything that is necessary
14 Jul 2021
Tunera agriculture expands exportable offers
Regarding the gradual implementation of the 63 measures in the agricultural sector, several of which allow cooperatives, farmers and associates to various forms of production, import and export food and other goods, the Delegation of Agriculture in the province applies initiatives and recognizes opportunities, in order to boost exports.
07 Jul 2021
When young people support
Youth have participated in important tasks for the country before and after Tropical Storm Elsa
07 Jul 2021
Minister of Economy highlights new possibilities for national development
The Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Planning of Cuba, Alejandro Gil Fernández, highlighted today the new possibilities for national development offered by the non-state project of Las Tunas, Plásticos Bahamonde.
07 Jul 2021
Forests, goods, ecosystem services and sustainability
XI International Symposium on Sustainable Management of Forest Resources (SIMFOR 2021)
07 Jul 2021
Forests, goods, ecosystem services and sustainability
XI International Symposium on Sustainable Management of Forest Resources (SIMFOR 2021)
04 Jun 2021
Granma: Aggregates producer combined in El Cacao modernized
The assembly, in the course of the current 2021, of a scale to weigh trucks loaded with aggregates and the restitution of the perimeter fence, give continuity to the modernization process of the El Cacao stone mill, in the municipality of Jiguaní, province of Granma.
04 Jun 2021
Production of honey, wax and propolis grows in Cienfuegos
The production of honey from bees, wax and propolis, in the cooperative and peasant sectors of the province of Cienfuegos, grew from January to date, compared to the same previous stage, as a sustained fulfillment of the plan was achieved.
04 Jun 2021
The 34th anniversary of the Turquino Plan is celebrated in Granma with a tour of the highest authorities of the province through emblematic sites of the mountain range
A delegation headed by the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba in Granma, comrade Federico Hernández Hernández and Francisco Escribano Cruz, Governor of the province, toured emblematic sites of the mountains of Granma on Wednesday.
31 May 2021
Beekeeping workers consolidate their mark in Granma
Maintaining economic returns during 2021 and strengthening the conditions to export, despite the difficulties caused by the embargo of the US Government, are the main strategies of the workers of the basic cooperative production unit, UBPC, Batalla de Peralejo , one of the most efficient in the country in beekeeping.
31 May 2021
Mountain ecosystems, essential in life and production
Agricultural extension groups at the base act to counteract the effects of climate change in the mountain ecosystems of the province of Santiago de Cuba, under models of sustainable development that mitigate and transform the consequences of the fragility of the environment, preserve the values ??of the biodiversity and its role in the production of rain.
31 May 2021
They manufacture in Las Tunas modules destined to the promotion of hives
The collective of these three sawmills gives great importance to the link with science and technology, with innovations in saws, the wood transporter, winches, among other machines and tools.
26 May 2021
Chile habanero exhibits stable demand in the international market
The Agricultural Business Group (GAG), belonging to the Cuban Ministry of Agriculture (Minag), has ventured into the export of habanero chili, a product that today has a stable demand in the international market and that presents good profitability.
26 May 2021
Coffee seeks to occupy spaces on the plain
The coffee development of the central province of Sancti Spíritus considers among its priorities to extend the coffee plantations in the plain, with a strategy that aims to leave a hundred hectares planted at the end of the current year's campaign.
26 May 2021
Transformation of wood favors the economy of Las Tunas
In the development of beekeeping and in the collection of various agricultural products there are also the saving hands of the workers of the sawmills of Calixto, in Majibacoa, and of this city, as well as the workers of the Libertad carpentry.
05 May 2021
Cooperativists from Cienfuegos produce coffee in the plain and covered tobacco
From the decision of the Ministry of Agriculture to grow coffee in the plain, the Antonio Maceo Credit and Services Cooperative responds, located in this Cienfuegos municipality of Abreus, where two producers already show experiences.
05 May 2021
National prestigious award for cocoa science
As a recognition of teamwork, for the sustainable development in Baracoa and other parts of Cuba of the agricultural product with which the worldwide demanded chocolate is obtained, values ??the Doctor in Agricultural Sciences Igor Bidot Martínez, from the University of Guantánamo (UG), the 2020 National Prize from the Cuban Academy of Sciences, recently awarded to the research it coordinates.
05 May 2021
Altoserra de Guantánamo, achievements and challenges in favor of the Cuban economy
The Asdrúbal López Coffee Processing Company, which became the first export hub in the province of Guantánamo, remains the leader in Cuba in production for export in favor of contributing to the country's economy.
30 Apr 2021
Guantanameros recognized with the 2020 Cuban Academy of Sciences Award
Drs.C. Igor Bidot Martínez and Yurelkys Fernández Maura, professors at the Agroforestry Faculty of the University of Guantánamo (UG), deserved the 2020 Cuban Academy of Sciences Award, which recognizes outstanding research from the nation and their contributions to socioeconomic development.
30 Apr 2021
Agroforestry of Las Tunas are imposed on the difficulties to export coal and direct other productions
More than 266 tons of coal have been exported by agroforestry from the province of Las Tunas in the current April, a figure below the aspirations but which represents an incentive to achieve the plan of the month and produce about 3,138 tons by the end of 2021.
30 Apr 2021
Export of honey from bees grows in Camagüey
The export of honey from bees in the Cuban province of Camagüey reported an income of more than eight million dollars at the end of the first quarter, a figure higher than the four million 905 thousand 600 dollars planned for that period.
29 Apr 2021
Omar, between ingenuity and the will to produce food
He always had a peculiar understanding with the earth. Perhaps his knowledge was inherited from his ancestors or it is only, as he assures, "the commitment that every man has to extract from nature the goods necessary to provide for his family and have a full existence." The truth is that this producer has turned all his ingenuity into the work of the field and his patio has been considered of national excellence.
29 Apr 2021
Greater export of honey from bees in Camagüey
The export of honey from bees in this province reported at the end of the first quarter an income of more than eight million dollars (USD), higher than the four million 905 thousand 600 USD planned for that period.
29 Apr 2021
The Agroforestry Matanzas has the soul of a champion
For the third consecutive year, the Matanzas Agroforestry Company (AFM) reaches the status of National Vanguard, the superior category of the Socialist Emulation deserved thanks to the excellent combination of its economic and union indicators.
28 Apr 2021
With great acceptance, the Casa de la Miel opened its doors in Las Tunas
Today the La Colmena honey house was inaugurated in this city. Located in the El Tunero agricultural market, more than 16 assortments are sold as of today in that place, specialized in mixtures and products made with honey and its derivatives.
28 Apr 2021
Of hives, bees and a lot of passion
The land bee (Melipona beecheii) is the only species without a sting and there is news of the cultivation of its honey since the pre-Columbian period. The medicinal properties of its honey were known to the Cuban aborigines, it is even believed that the Mayans built their pyramids based on the shape of their hive.
27 Apr 2021
Sancti Spíritus Agroforestry Company shows encouraging productive and economic results.
During the first months of implementation of the Ordering Task, the Sancti Spíritus Agroforestry Company shows encouraging productive and economic results, despite resource limitations. This entity, in addition to fulfilling the planned deliveries of sawn and round wood, diversifies production to generate income in freely convertible currency and contribute to food self-sufficiency.
27 Apr 2021
Fruitful productive day for the 1st. of May. Havana trade unionists support agricultural work on the occasion of May 1
Support for agricultural programs in Havana municipalities was the objective of the mobilizations of voluntary work this Saturday for the 1st. of May.
27 Apr 2021
Las Tunas Agroforestry Company directs charcoal production
The consequences of the crisis generated by the Covid-19 disease are felt in the Agroforestry Company of the province of Las Tunas, an entity that has seen a considerable decrease in the export of charcoal, one of its main productive lines.
31 Mar 2021
"The Cuban people will win"
During a regular meeting of the press with the Governor of the province of Santiago de Cuba, Beatriz Johnson Urrutia, and the trade authorities in the territory, the status and development of the basic food basket was analyzed.
29 Mar 2021
Favorable production of bee honey in Villa Clara in the first quarter of the year
Santa Clara, Mar 24 (ACN) Even though there are a few days until the end of the first quarter of 2021, the Villa Clara Beekeeping Base Business Unit (UEB) is close to 195 tons of honey, production that exceeds its commitments for the date.
29 Mar 2021
Santiago cooperative shows results almost three months after the Ordering Task
To recover more areas to plant, save resources, diversify productions and think differently, he has called for the implementation of the Ordering Task in the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Agricultural Production Cooperative (CPA), from the province of Santiago de Cuba.
29 Mar 2021
Ecomadera Cubana opens up to the world
Havana, -The export of the first shipment of eco wood or plastic wood marks the incorporation of the non-state, private or private form of management to this activity in the central province of Sancti Spíritus.
17 Mar 2021
Actions aimed at substituting imports are being examined in Santiago de Cuba
As an essential step for the economic strengthening of the country, generating productions capable of substituting imports and achieving an integration between industries based on the necessary linkages, constitute priorities analyzed by the Provincial Group for the attention to the Strategy of Exports of Goods and Services in Santiago de Cuba.
17 Mar 2021
Agropecuaria Integral de Las Tunas enters the production of charcoal
The Empresa Agropecuaria Integral of the province of Las Tunas has put into practice a work system that brings substantial benefits: clearing marabou to produce charcoal for exportable purposes and, in turn, allocating that land to the promotion of various crops.
17 Mar 2021
Gradually increases coffee production in Las Tunas
About twenty producers in the province of Las Tunas are inserted in the coffee development, an important item for the country's economy, as it contributes to import substitution and is highly coveted by the Cuban population.
12 Mar 2021
Link science to local production and development
Much and varied is the scientific potential available to the country's provinces and many innovation and technology transfer projects that exist. This is also the case in Guantánamo, a territory with a wide portfolio of research that seeks to increase food production and the endogenous local development of municipalities.
12 Mar 2021
Cuban Vice President calls in Guantánamo to strengthen municipal autonomy and advance food sovereignty
12 Mar 2021
Along the holguinero coal route
Faced with the huge cone-shaped pile of wood, Alejandro Leyva Betancourt looks small. However, when you finish piling up all the firewood, cover it with herbs and earth, and wait a few days for it to slowly burn from its center, the yellow pieces of júcaro will have yielded in greatness and will have been reduced to shiny fragments of charcoal. vegetable.
09 Mar 2021
They develop biopreparation to improve health and productivity of bees
Matanzas, Mar 7 (ACN) Scientists from the University of Matanzas develop a project to improve the health and productivity of honey bees (Apis melífera), through a probiotic biopreparation with strains obtained from the digestive tract and honey from bees from the earth ( Melipona beecheii B.).
09 Mar 2021
The most opportune farm
Its entrance, made of green painted wood, anticipates an interesting place. And so it is! After traveling a dirt road lined by bean plantations and prepared furrows, you arrive at a farm whose order reveals a work thought and made with the heart.
09 Mar 2021
Agricultural Projects and Engineering Company reaches four decades of outstanding performance
The assembly of the irrigation system in Niceto Pérez for the National Bean Program constitutes one of the most recent works projected and designed by the Base Business Unit (UEB) of the Agricultural Projects and Engineering Company (ENPA) of Guantánamo to promote the food production in the easternmost province of Cuba.
08 Mar 2021
Nature becomes a landscape before female beauty
"They are examples and role models for current and future generations"
03 Mar 2021
They opt for certification of charcoal in Las Tunas
Las Tunas.- Accrediting the sustainable use of natural resources through the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is another challenge for the workers of ARDO, the National Flora and Fauna Vegetable Carbon Company, based in Las Tunas, in the determination to promote exports and diversify the market.
03 Mar 2021
When plagiarism attempts reach Cuban coffee
Weeks ago, images of a website that promoted Cubita coffee, a Cuban brand recognized in the world, were circulating on social networks, at $ 0.98 per package. The price of the assortment, precisely, raised the first suspicions.
01 Mar 2021
Debate on implementation of the Ordering Task in the agricultural sector in Granma
Bayamo, Feb 23 (ACN) Evaluations and concerns of producers about the impact of the new prices approved for agricultural activity in Cuba, focused today on this city, the debate between members of the agricultural system in the province of Granma and representatives of the national commission in charge of guiding and evaluating the implementation of the Ordering Task.
01 Mar 2021
The collection of honey, wax and propolis advances in Matanzas
Beekeeping producers in the province of Matanzas are working on the productive commitments of this season with the collection of 200 tons of this item and the contribution of wax and propolis.
01 Mar 2021
The cultivation of coffee is also possible in Las Tunas
Las Tunas.- The Coffee Production Program in the Llano has a strategy in the province of Las Tunas that will gradually increase this line and that involves several organizations and entities of the territory, in addition to a score of producers.
19 Feb 2021
Holguin farmer enters the world market with eggplant export
The search for the foreign market constitutes an objective of the agricultural producers of the Holguin municipality of Calixto García, as an alternative to the internal demands of the country to increase food production.
19 Feb 2021
Vegetable coal is an important exportable item in the country
Specialists agree that the existence of a wide and expanding market for this product in the European Union, and Asia, offers guarantees for its development.
19 Feb 2021
Cuba adjusts agricultural prices and seeks greater food efficiency
Havana, Feb 17 (Prensa Latina) In the context of the monetary and economic order developed by the Cuban government, agricultural prices were adjusted in order to achieve greater food efficiency, the Minister of Finance and Prices, Meisi Bolaños, reported today.
19 Feb 2021
Exports from Camagüey boost Cuban economy
Camagüey, Cuba, Feb 17 (Prensa Latina) The contributions of this province to the Cuban economy exceed revenues of 76 million 231 thousand dollars from exports, the Department of Foreign Trade, Foreign Investment and International Cooperation reported today.
15 Feb 2021
Coffee jump still waiting
It is very possible that in 2030 the coffee production of Cienfuegos will need a pole to achieve the more than 640 tons (t) contemplated in the development program of this crop in the mountains of south-central Cuba. The figures of recent years, far from growing, mark a downward curve. In 2019, for example, volumes were around 163 tons, and in 2020 they barely reached 126.
15 Feb 2021
It contributes to the economy with its exports Santiago de Cuba Honey Processing Plant
The Contramaestre municipality of Santiago de Cuba, as an export pole, has the Basic Business Unit for the Honey Processing Plant as a strength in exports.
15 Feb 2021
Exporting charcoal multiplies profits, says Semanario Options
Havana, Feb 14 (ACN) The export of charcoal is emerging as a vital challenge for the Cuban economy because it is a product of high demand in international trade, said Options, Cuba's Economic and Financial Weekly, today.
10 Feb 2021
We have 15 agricultural centers with export possibilitie
Of these, four already have companies authorized to carry out activities focused on the international market, Vivian Herrera Cid, director of Foreign Trade, of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, told Granma
10 Feb 2021
Next to be fulfilled coffee campaign in the cooperative sector of Cienfuegos
Before the end of this month of February, farmers and coffee cooperatives from the mountain in Cumanayagua will complete the red bean harvest that began last September with estimates that exceed 498 tons.
08 Feb 2021
Cuban president analyzes government management in Cienfuegos
Cienfuegos, Feb 5.- For greater municipal autonomy, especially in food production, Cuban President Miguel Díaz Canel-Bermúdez called in Cienfuegos, at the end of a tour of several provinces and the Isle of Youth.
08 Feb 2021
UEB Agroforestal de San Luis contributes to feeding the people
The Agroforestry UEB of San Luis is a national vanguard.
08 Feb 2021
New investments boost exportable lines in Las Tunas
Las Tunas.- With national equipment and a high level of automation, the cassava flour factory that is being built in the municipality of Jobabo in Las Tunas will increase the exportable lines of the province of Las Tunas.
04 Feb 2021
The queens in creating more exportable funds
The ingenuity, learning and observation of the farmer José Estrada in the production of queen bees, in the province of Santiago de Cuba, allow him to triple those insects that are key to obtaining honey, one of the main exportable items of the Island.
04 Feb 2021
The best coffee "in the middle" of aspirations
In the central region of our archipelago, the largest quantities of cherry trees do not exist, but the conditions do exist for the exquisite quality to flourish
04 Feb 2021
Majagüenses beekeepers exceed the honey production plan
The systematic work of the eight producers of the Beekeeping sector in the municipality of Majagua, about 25 kilometers from Ciego Ávila, allowed the overcompliance of the honey and propolis production plan, as a result of the efficiency indices achieved during 2020, by the basic units of cooperative production and the individual leaders of the guild.
02 Feb 2021
They prepare batch of coal for export
Workers from the Empresa Agropecuaria Nazareno, in San José de las Lajas, prepare the second batch of charcoal for export.
02 Feb 2021
They benefit coffee in Contramaestre for export
A month has passed since the economic and social reorganization in Cuba and Contramaestre's Base Business Unit has not stopped its machines in the processing of coffee for various destinations, including exports.
29 Jan 2021
Charcoal exports boost Cuba's economic development
Despite the pandemic situation and its effects on the world economy, the province of Camagüey had revenues the previous year of 7,250,690 dollars in charcoal exports.
29 Jan 2021
Trinidad met coffee production estimates in the current campaign
The municipality of Trinidad met the estimates for coffee production, with 145.5 tons of gold collected and at the end of the harvest it will contribute another four tons of a grain that is distinguished by quality and has import substitution among its destinations.
29 Jan 2021
The promotion of livestock modules grows in Matanzas
In order to increase and diversify food production, 169 livestock modules are already operating in the western province of Matanzas, one of the most relevant alternatives in response to the effects of COVID-19 and the achievement of greater food sovereignty.
25 Jan 2021
Granma complies with the cold planting plan and needs more production
With the planting of 31 thousand 197 hectares in different crops, the province of Granma complies with 108 percent of the sowing plan for the cold season to date.
25 Jan 2021
Maisí for food safety
Meats are problem solved. So it is not "problem". Pork, sheep and rabbit meat barely touched 0.6 pounds per capita per month at the end of 2020; it should be five kilograms. In 2021 they plan to achieve one kilogram, still short. They plan to achieve food sovereignty, and meat within it, of course, in 2026. That is the problem.
25 Jan 2021
Exporting: challenge of the financial economy
"Amancio", Las Tunas.- Faced with the complex scenario of the world economy, it is necessary to promote the production of items that, from the municipalities, favor exports and substitute imports.
21 Jan 2021
Traditional Syrian Honey Festival started
Damascus, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) With the motto of Honey, Food, Medicine and Healing, the second edition of the traditional Syrian beekeepers fair began today in this capital.
21 Jan 2021
Las Tunas with 20 exportable goods and services and 14 projects in the 2020-2021 Opportunity Portfolio
The balcony of the Cuban east works to consolidate everything related to foreign trade and foreign investment activities
21 Jan 2021
They guarantee a good coffee harvest in Cienfuegos mountains
Cumanayagua, Cienfuegos, Cuba. - The coffee harvest in the Cienfuegos mountains of the Guamuhaya Group exceeds 50 percent compliance and there is much grain left to collect from the exportable fund, during the first two months of this year, January and February 2021, with our own strength and the support of mobilized.
19 Jan 2021
Majagüenses beekeepers exceed the honey production plan
The
systematic work of the eight producers of the Beekeeping sector in the
municipality of Majagua, about 25 kilometers from Ciego Ávila, allowed
the overcompliance of the honey and propolis production plan, as a
result of the efficiency indices achieved during 2020, by the basic
units of cooperative production and the individual leaders of the guild.
19 Jan 2021
Escambray Villa Clara Luminaire
The Jibacoa Agroforestry Experimental Station of Manicaragua, Villa Clara, contributes with its scientific work to the national coffee revival through its projects.
19 Jan 2021
Province of Cuba favors exports of the agricultural sector
Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) Expanding agricultural productions that substitute imports and favor international offers in lines such as tobacco and coffee distinguish this province of Cuba, experts from the agricultural sector say today.
08 Jan 2021
Damage to blooms causes a decrease in honey production in Sancti Spíritus
The effects caused to the ecosystem by the Eta rains are reflected in the blooms and in the bee production
In the province there are 81 producers associated with the beekeeping program, grouped into 28 productive forms.
08 Jan 2021
They promote coffee growing areas in Matanzas in the plain
In order to obtain superior coffee harvests in the plains, the promotion of new areas and the renewal of plantations in the cooperative and peasant sector are intensified in Matanzas
08 Jan 2021
Guantánamo coffee campaign 2020-2021 advances with short steps
The coffee harvest is delayed in the province of Guantánamo due to the slow maturation of the bean in some municipalities, mainly Maisí, the territory that produces the most this item in the Cuban high east.
21 Oct 2020
Take advantage of the optimal environment to produce with quality, a motto of beekeepers from Granma
Higher education has given the 37-year-old Amauris Rojas Guerra from Nigeria the possibility of seizing the knowledge required to walk all the roads.
21 Oct 2020
Niquero surpasses this year the production of honey from bees for export
The honey producers in the Granma municipality of Niquero have already exceeded their production program for this year, with two hundred and four tons of organic honey, to rank as the best in the territory.
07 Aug 2020
Ready to plant grafted cocoa positions in Baracoa
Women's hands left ready to plant the first 1,480 cocoa positions grafted in the Technified Nursery of Tubetes de Mabujabo, in Baracoa, thanks to a collaboration with Spain
07 Aug 2020
National Vanguard Contramaestre Coffee Processing Company
Contramaestre, Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 3 - The results of the sustained work in the local coffee development, the benefit and commercialization of the grain during 2019 made the collective of the Rolando Ayud Coffee Processing Company in Contramaestre deserving of the flag that accredits it as a National Vanguard.
07 Aug 2020
Charcoal, exportable item in Villa Clara
Engaged in the task of diversifying productions, both for domestic consumption and to guarantee Cuba's presence in the foreign market, the Villa Clara company of the Yabú Valley, promotes the production of charcoal.
07 Aug 2020
Imias: Produce for everyone
With the implementation of the Municipal Self-Sufficiency Program, the productive forms established in the 24 communities of Imías must guarantee monthly agricultural food to their inhabitants and deliver the surpluses to the Collection Unit Business Unit, in charge of searching for other destinations, purposes that make it difficult the increasing drought.
07 Aug 2020
Cienfuegos guarantees the planting of coffee
Cumanayagua, Cienfuegos.- The farmers from Cienfuegos work with the experience accumulated in the planting of coffee and without leaving the matrix program of planting the grain in the mountains undertake the cultivation in the plain.
