Cuba Introduces New Technologies in Tobacco Plantations

(cadenagramonte.cu) The introduction of new technologies such as the double-row planting method will allow Cuban farmers to increase efficiency in the cultivation of what many people regard as the best tobacco of the world.
Oscar Basulto, director of the business group TABACUBA, told ACN that this technique is being successfully implemented in the westernmost province of Pinar del Rio as it allows to make the most of the cultivable land. The method also reduces the appearance of weeds and it favors the works of irrigation, fumigation and harvesting. Continued

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