{"id":231580,"date":"2020-12-11T13:15:06","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T18:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=231580"},"modified":"2020-12-11T13:15:06","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T18:15:06","slug":"cuba-low-agricultural-yields-announced-for-2020-2021-winter-harvest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-low-agricultural-yields-announced-for-2020-2021-winter-harvest\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba: low agricultural yields announced for 2020-2021 winter harvest"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Cuba, the 2020-2021 winter harvest has been marked by limitations in the purchase of fertilizers and by the loss of crops. This will affect meeting the demand for food next year.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Director General of Agriculture of the Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG), Miguel Rosales Rom\u00e1n, said that various crops\u2019 winter harvest had begun on September 1 and that it will last until February 28, 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n

With it, he said, 60 and 70% of next year\u2019s production was being guaranteed. For the present campaign, 378,000 hectares were planned to be sown, which represents an 18% growth of the real amount sown in the previous one.<\/span><\/p>\n

Until the end of November 30, 184,000 of 217,000 hectares have been planted, a delay, he stressed, determined by the permanent rains and by the effects of Tropical Storm Eta.<\/span><\/p>\n

Under these circumstances, he said, land preparation was delayed, limiting planting and the winter harvest, which spans a period of six months. Now it should be carried out in practically 90 days.<\/span><\/p>\n