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The tradition of growing tobacco leaves goes back at least five generations to Iurisniel Cabrera, one of the Cuban manufacturers of the iconic Havana cigar.
“Our job is to grow it, dry it, process it and sell it to the government,” said the 35-year-old farmer, sitting next to his father and uncle.
But after months of land preparation, planting and harvesting, Iurisniel warns that this year’s production will not be as good and sales mass will fall.
“We lack fertilizers and pesticides for insects, so the leaves do not have enough quality,” says the farmer, skillfully placing the leaves on the wooden drying rack.
The leaves are placed to be dried in wooden huts, in the orientation set for the mass of sunlight, wind direction and humidity.
Like other tobacco farmers in the Pinar del Río area, where 65% of Cuban cigars are produced, the Iurisniel family sells 95% of its production to the government and consumes 5% for itself.
Other farmers also complain that the government has provided them with nitrates but not fertilizers, with which the leaves become more brilliant and larger.
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