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17 May 2010
CUBA: Castro Loosens Farmers' Supply Chain.
REUTERS/ Cuba's private farmers will soon be able to purchase supplies directly instead of having them allocated by the state. This will change regulation over the state's near monopoly of the agricultural system of contracting for 75 percent of farmers' production in return for fuel, pesticides, fertilizer and other supplies.
