Photo: Yamil LAGE / AFPSource: AFPCuban farmer Maritza Carpio, 62, is optimistic. Five months after Hurricane Ian wreaked havoc on the island nation and its vital tobacco industry, she has started drying leaves for habano cigars again. Photo: Yamil LAGE / AFPSource: AFPTrees were uprooted, roofs blown off, fields flooded, and tobacco drying houses collapsed. Tobacco farmers in western Cuba are starting to recover five months after the devastating passage of Hurricane Ian. Replaced by corn, beansA few kilometers from Carpio's farm, 50-year-old Rafael Perez is adding finishing touches to his own tobacco drying house despite great obstacles finding materials.

Source: Daily Nation February 25, 2023 01:43 UTC