HAVANA TIMES — The National Statistics Office of Cuba (ONE) reports that the country is producing less food than five years ago, while food prices rose 20 percent in 2011 alone.
According to Reuters, the island imports between 60 and 70 percent of the food it consumes, which is why it is investing hundreds of millions of dollars to increase the production of rice, beans, coffee and milk as the government aims to reduce imports.
Cuban Vice President Marino Murillo announced in July before the deputies to the National Assembly that the government will reduce the state bureaucracy in the agriculture sector and strengthen the role of agricultural cooperatives. The specifics of how that is going to play out are still forthcoming.
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