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Caribbean & Central America - February 2009 (ISSN 1741-4458)
CUBA: Russian tractors re-seed Cuba
Official efforts to boost domestic food production have taken on
added urgency following extensive hurricane damage in September 2008 (estimated
at US$10bn). Agriculture reform efforts will need outside help - President Raúl
Castro returned from his recent trip to Russia armed with agreements for
additional grains imports and sizeable new loans to finance Russian-made goods,
including agricultural equipment.
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