Overview of Cuba’s food rationing system

University of Florida Professor José Alvarez has authored a fact sheet on Cuba’s food rationing system.

Despite the fact that rationed products are sold at subsidized prices (fixed throughout the country), their supply always falls short. Since, according to the majority of Cubans, the rationed items are not enough to feed a person for the entire month, those who can afford it are forced to fulfill their needs for the remainder of the month (usually about two weeks) through purchases in other outlets where prices are much higher and/or where the purchases must be made with U.S. dollars.

Alvarez has conducted several studies assessing Cuba’s agriculture, which includes markets, sugar, and pre-revolutionary statistics.

[H/T: Penultimos Dias]