The Agroindustrial Grain Company of La Sierpe, central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus, sold over 500 000 CUC of goods in Mariel Special Development Zone and via the Cítricos Caribe S.A. entity»
Five thousand tons of rice will be sent to Cuba to help compensate the damages caused by recent rains in the Caribbean nation»
A broad investment program has been undertaken in Sancti Spiritus, central Cuba, intended to back rice production in the territory, regarded as one of the island’s major rice producers. »
Escambray reproduces photos of some of the most remarkable events of 2012 in S. S.»
Over a year ago, the facility known as Casa del Azucarero (Sugar Worker’s House), in the former Natividad sugar mill, in southern Sancti Spiritus, began to be called Casa del Vietmanita (Vietnamese’s House), a name that might sound odd within the Cuban context.»
Rice growers from Sur del Jibaro Agro-Industrial Complex (CAI, in Spanish), in Sancti Spiritus, managed to recovered from the sequels of last May heavy rains, and have already met this year’s scheduled rice sowing plan.»
The growing of the new four varieties of rice obtained in the Sur del Jibaro Regional Rice Investigation Station, has so far yield profitable results. The so-called IA Cuba 31, 32, 37 and 39 constitute one of Sancti Spiritus’s greatest scientific contributions during the last three years.»
Rice farmers in this central Cuban province are the second largest rice producers in the country, as they fulfilled the recollection plan for this year. Sancti Spiritus province contributes over 20 percent of the rice consumed (about 40,000 tons), as part of the import reduction program, and more than 110,000 tons of wet rice. Farm Director Orlando Linares said »
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