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Cuban agriculture threatened by worst drought in 115 years

2015-08-25 09:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Xinhua: Cuba's agriculture is being threatened by the worst drought to hit the Caribbean in over a century, which is jeopardizing plans for the island to achieve its long-desired food independence. The government is currently spending around two billion U.S. dollars to import 80 percent of the food necessary to meet the demands of its 11.2 million inhabitants, with President Raul Castro calling on Cubans to produce everything that could be harvested in the country. Since 2008, Castro's administration has...

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