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FROM
CUBA
Cuban
government tightens control over sale of
agricultural products
HAVANA, October 20 (www.cubanet.org) -
The provincial Assembly of the Popular Power
(provincial government) in Holguín
has forbidden the sale of produce by all
producers who don't first fulfill their
quotas with the government distribution
network, Acopio. The prohibition applies
equally to small independent farms and to
government collectives.
In a mixture of State control of the economy
and private incentives, the government allows
agricultural producers to sell their produce
after they have supplied a contracted amount
to Acopio.
The newest prohibition also applies to
government or private transportation interests,
who may not rent their vehicles to any farmer
who hasn't demonstrated he has fulfilled
his commitments to Acopio.
The assembly's resolution justifies the
measure by the current drought, and points
out that producers only have a monetary
interest for selling their products, which
is why it become necessary "to adopt
measures to stop this noxious practice and
others tending to increase the supply to
the population."
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