Climate change slams Cuba, Caribbean

Name: Climate change slams Cuba, Caribbean
Uploaded: 13 Nov 2022, 12:14:38 AM
Duration: 01:49
Channel: TIMESOFINDIA.COM

| Nov 13, 2022, 12:14:38 AM | AP

Like the rest of the Caribbean, Cuba is suffering from longer droughts, warmer waters, more intense storms, and higher sea levels because of climate change. The rainy season, already an obstacle to Cuban agricultural productions, has gotten longer and wetter. Yordán Díaz Gonzales, a 38-year-old father of two, used to produce black beans, a staple of the Cuban diet and his most profitable crop. He said due to climate change, production dropped by about 70%. A month after Hurricane Ian, he farms malanga root, a Cuban staple that is more resilient to climate change, but less profitable than beans. Cuba has ample sun, water and soil, the basic ingredients needed to grow plants and feed animals. By changing the way nature functions in the Caribbean, however, climate change is tinkering with the raw elements of productivity.