date:Jun 21, 2013
ed establishments or lease them to privately run cooperatives free of state control and setting of prices, which it views as preferable to businesses owned by individuals.
Cuban farmers and consumers have long complained that the state's monopoly on food sales is a disincentive to production, inefficient and leads to waste and poor quality produce.
Something has to be done, at least they are trying to solve the problem, Camaguey province farmer Anibal Martinez said in a telephone interview.
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