Havana, Jan 23 (ACN-RHC) Over 140 Credit and Services Cooperatives (CSS)that have already started selling their agricultural products directly to hotels, after the Law decree enabling them to do so came into force at the end of 2011.

In order to achieve seedlings of high quality tobacco, plant substrates of the municipality of San Luis seed are supplying the automated seedbeds, whose number is increasing in westernmost Pinar del Rio province, Cuba's largest producer of the leaf.

Cuba seeks to promote the export of professional services, currently its largest source of foreign exchange earnings,which has "enormous potential"to be tapped.

Havana, Jan 9, (RHC), -- The House of Habanos Partagas, in the Cuban capital, produced a profit of more than two million dollars during 2011, said the director of the prestigious cigar manufacturer.

Havana, Jan 4, - The launching of two new dark rums, Cubay Carta Dorada and Cubay Añejo Suave, increases the number of products Cuba Ron S.A. will commercialize abroad in 2012.

A reduction of 20-30 % in the price of 122 types of construction materials was announced on Wednesday by the First Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Odalys Escandell, during a working session of the Services Commission of the Cuban National Assembly(Parliament).

Members of the Cuban National Assembly (Parliament) discussed on Wednesday the potential of sugar mills in the Caribbean nation to generate electricity using industrial biomass, a natural material obtained during the cane sugar production process.

The prospects of boosting Cuba’s shrimp farming as a source of income for the national economy was one of the main topics of discussion during a working meeting of the Agro-Food Commission of the National Assembly (Parliament) on Tuesday at Havana’s Convention Center.

Havana, Oct 4 (ACN-RHC) Ernesto Mastrapa, a specialist from the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment’s office in Holguin said that soil degradation was the main cause leading to desertification, and is one of the most pressing environmental challenges in the eastern province of Holguin, spanning across more than 9,300 square kilometers.

Havana, -- The 12th International Wine Festival starts on Wednesday October 5 in Havana giving wine experts a new opportunity to learn about the latest world trends and the best products commercialized in the Cuban market.