Cuba’s Citrus Cultivation in Crisis

HAVANA TIMES, Nov. 5 – Citrus cultivation, the former symbol of the Isle of Youth, the second largest of the Cuban archipelago, is in a deep crisis, reported IPS. That sector’s cultivation areas have been affected by plagues, hurricanes and the spread of the marabú weed, in addition to organizational deficiencies, Camilo Company Azcuy, director of the Comandante Jesús Montané Oropesa Citrus Agro-industrial Company, affirmed.