Cuba's farmers' markets, open since
                October 1, 1994 and known as "Agros"
                (short for "mercados agropecuarios"),
                sell market-price meat, fruit and 
                vegetables produced by small farmers
                and the Cuban military. 
                
                
                                   
 

                
                In May of 1995, a pound of rice sold
                for 7 pesos (20 U.S. cents) and a
                pound of pork for 35 pesos, roughly
                three days' pay for the average Cuban.
                

                Cubans have not been able to legally
                purchase such a large variety of goods
                with Cuban pesos since 1983, when the 
                Cuban government discontinued a 
                network of private farmers' markets
                that were established in 1980 
                because they were considered to
                be too capitalistic.