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During the previous crop, a similar objective could not be met due to the lack of tobacco dryers.   14,623 hectares will be planted in the western province of Pinar del Rio for the 2025-2026 tobacco season. This is the official target announced by officials of the state-owned Tabacuba group, quoted by Granma, the daily newspaper of the Cuban Communist

Of the 14,000 hectares of tobacco planned for the 2024-2025 campaign in the Vuelta Abajo, only 10,500 can actually be planted due to a lack of dryers.   A readjustment of the initial plan which provided for the planting of 14,771 hectares was carried out, due to the impossibility of building the necessary processing capacity, announces the regional weekly Guerillero

More than 60 dryers have been partially or totally destroyed, according to the official Cuban press. Heavily hit by Cyclone Ian last year, the region of Pinar del Rio (west) was again hit by a hurricane at the beginning of last week, even if the damage was less extensive. The roofs of 13 natural dryers were partially damaged, as were