Referring to this goal, Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero stated that agricultural production is recovering, although it remains far from meeting the population’s demand.

He also affirmed that all regions of the country are meeting the indicators for urban, suburban, and family agriculture, and that more than 30,000 family gardens or plots and 40,000 organic gardens have been incorporated into this sector.

He further noted progress in contracting various production methods for next year and pointed out that the process of preparing food balances at the municipal level has shown improvements, although shortcomings persist.

Regarding payment delays to producers, he stated that they amount to approximately 1.192 billion pesos, figures that have decreased but are still high.

Furthermore, he noted that, in order to incentivate the import of raw materials and intermediate goods, the extension of deadlines for existing bonuses and exemptions was approved, and 100 new tariff classifications were incorporated.

“Given the existing complexities, it is essential to understand that the safest foods we will have are those we ourselves are able to produce ,” he emphasized.

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