Local Milk Production

The case of locally produced milk--which Raul Castro noted in his 26 July 2007 speech as an example of looking at things anew and doing things efficiently in a time of high transport costs--has made headway, but still requires some technical and veterinarian inputs for the program to achieve its goals.

The important part is that milk producers sell as much as they can (around 75-80% after consumption at the place of production) to the state. As an incentive for milk makers to avoid the informal market, with each sale the state contributes convertible pesos to a fund for the purchase of technical equipment.