BBC reports on the Cuban government’s change to the use of state land:

Cuba is to put more state-controlled farm land into private hands, in a move to increase the island’s lagging food production.

Private farmers who do well will be able to increase their holdings by up to 99 acres (40 hectares) for a 10-year period that can be renewed.

Until now, private farmers have only been able to run small areas of land.

The BBC’s Michael Voss, in Havana, says this is one of President Raul Castro’s most significant reforms to date.

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