Agriculture in Nicaragua
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Historically, poor transportation limited production of sugarcane to roughly the same area in northwest Nicaragua where bananas were grown. Demand for sugar remained comparatively low until the United States-imposed embargo on Cuban sugar began in 1960. Demand then soared, and sugar production tripled over in the next two decades. Like all other agricultural products, sugar production was severely hit by the United States trade embargo on Nicaraguan products from 1985 to 1990. Production of raw