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PINAR DEL RIO, May 22 (Víctor Rolando Arroyo, UPECI /
www.cubanet.org) - Summer crop plantings are virtually at a standstill in
Consolación del Sur municipality, Pinar del Río province, due to
lack of fuel, according to a reliable source.
Consolación del Sur, considered the most important agricultural area
in the province, has been affected by a nine-months dry spell, and the crops
need irrigation and fertilizing, the two activities requiring scarce fuel.
The crops primarily affected are short-term food crops and the upcoming
tobacco crop.
Specialists familiar with the area, once known as the island’s western
breadbasket, point out that nowadays it cannot even supply food for its
immediate surroundings.
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