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Drought Prompts Debate on Cubas Irrigation Problems

2016-06-28 15:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: Five gargantuan modern irrigation machines water the state farm of La Yuraguana covering 138 hectares in the northeastern province of Holgu­n, the third largest province in Cuba. However, "sometimes they cannot even be switched on, due to the low water level," said farm manager Edilberto Pupo. "The last three years have been very stressful due to lack of rainfall. We take our irrigation water from a reservoir that has practically run dry," Pupo told IPS. In 2008 La Yuraguana received new irrigation...

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