Cuba recently changed course and plans to triple sugar production to 3 million tons in order to produce alcohol from sugar cane. The plan means a huge increase over the 1.2 million tons of sugar ...

Production of sugar cane is dominated by state mills in Cuba's Communist-run economy. This year, less cane means a record low of just 15 mills will be open for sugar production, versus 24 the year ...

“Central America and the Caribbean, historical sugar-producing ... be observed on many small cane farms and CPAs [Agricultural Production Cooperatives] throughout Cuba.” Cuba’s ambitious ...

The men of the Yumuri sugar co-operative in Cuba have worked the cane fields around the city of Cienfuegos since they were old enough to wield a machete. Cutting cane is all Miguel Guzmán has ...

STORY: Sugar cane has long been “king” in Cuba. However, while the island nation once produced millions of tons of sugar, next year local media say it’s only expecting a fraction of that ...

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba, which once produced millions of tons of sugar, expects to output just 300,000 metric tons of the sweetener in 2025, according to provincial media reports, as it struggles ...

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba, which once produced millions of tons of sugar, expects to output just 300,000 metric tons of the sweetener in 2025, according to provincial media reports, as it struggles to ...