Cuba has ended its state monopoly on agricultural trade, publishing new regulations that allow independent farmers, cooperatives, private small and medium enterprises, and self-employed workers to buy and sell agricultural products. The move comes as the island's farm output has collapsed by 52% between 2018 and 2023, while nearly 80% of food consumed domestically is imported. The government will retain control over prices and exports, but the reform is part of a wider liberalization drive that has also seen Cuba permit mixed public-private enterprises, allow private companies to import fuel, and invite the diaspora to invest on the island.