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Archive Home > 2008 > July > 19 > To fight food costs, Cuba will provide more land for farmers

To fight food costs, Cuba will provide more land for farmers

By Marc Lacey / The Bulletin
July 19, 2008

MEXICO CITY — President Raul Castro continued his rollout of changes in Cuba on Friday with the start of a plan to boost the island’s sluggish food production by granting private farmers access to up to 99 acres of unused government land.

Cuba seized land from most....

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