HAVANA, December 22 (Lucas Garve, CPI) – A new resolution by the
Ministries of Agriculture and Internal Commerce bans the participation of
middlemen in the marketing of produce.
The new rules state that only three designated types of cooperatives and
small farmers may sell their produce directly. Cooperatives and small farmers
have to fulfill their quotas to the State; any produce left over after that may
be sold to consumers. The measure is meant to eliminate middlemen between
producers and consumers. Middlemen generally live in urban areas and arrange for
the transport and sale of produce; they also take care of the necessary
documentation and taxes. The measure has been perceived here as another attempt
by the government to circunscribe the activities of free-lance workers, that is,
those that don’t work directly for the State.
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