The sugar harvest begins in Cuba after the worst sowing in more than a century

Havana, Nov 25 (EFE).- Cuba's 2022-2023 sugar harvest started this Friday with the goal of producing 455,198 tons of sugar in a harvest that will be "small", in search of the revival of the depressed sector. In this harvest, which began in the central province of Cienfuegos, the milling of 6.5 million tons of sugar cane is planned with only 23 factories, 13 less than in the previous one, according to the strategy exposed by the state group Azcuba , who runs the area. It is about making an "objective, flexible and, although small, good practices" harvest, concentrating resources in fewer plants with the aspiration of achieving "greater efficiency", as explained by the president of Azcuba, Julio García Pérez. The destination will be to concentrate production for family consumption through the ration card - which provides 4 pounds of sugar per person per month - as well as tourism, medicines, industrial productions and exports. In addition to producing to satisfy national ...