Matanzas, June 16 (RHC)-- José Ramón Machado Ventura, Second Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party's Central Committee, called on Matanzas province to increase agricultural food production.
Machado Ventura visited areas under cultivation around the province to review efforts being made to increase production, particularly rice and sugar cane.
Accompanied by Teresa Rojas Monzón, first party secretary in Matanzas, Machado evaluated progress in the province's rice program, expected to produce 20,000 tons this year, approximately 45% of the total needed to meet the domestic demand.
