With the recent measures taken for agricultural products sold at weekend fairs, in order to avoid crowding of people in the same space, viands, vegetables, grains, and fruits are distributed in all the small squares, state agricultural markets and points of sale in a systematic way so that they are supplied every day of the week.

Las Tunas, Cuba – With the will to get closer to this reality, one week after the implementation of the provision, a team of 26 Digital made a tour of some of these premises and talked with representatives of the productive bases in charge of supplying and with the population.

In a visit to the State Agricultural Market 25, located in the Aguilera area, we talked with Jorge Vega Ricardo, a salesman from the Majibacoa Urban Farm, who was in charge of taking his productions there. He told us that the orientation is carried out responsibly. "We bring cucumber, tomato, pumpkin, pepper, lettuce and other assortments for this population, at the same price of the fair and now with the commitment that the volume is greater every week."

We spoke with Ana María Bodaño Estrada at that site: "This strategy is a means of state control to avoid crowds and the transmission of the pandemic. It's much better for me to come here, because I don't have to wait for Sundays to shop, or go to the 26 de Julio Park, where hundreds of people go every week."

This criterion is supported by the local Eduardo Gonzalez, "it is necessary that the queues are made from a distance and we use the mask. The idea is wonderful because I can buy here and not at the fair, which is crowded; besides, I am closer to home."

Kilometers away, on the other side of the platform, 26 Digital found the farmer from Puerto Padre, Silverio Tellez Perez (Pin), who, when moving the crops from the Paco Cabrera credit and service cooperative to the Leningrad market, said that "since very early in the morning we brought bananas, food, fruit and donkeys to this area. Everything at the same cost as they used to buy on Sundays, now it is better because they can find it at a short distance from where they live."

Those who attend the agricultural markets, including the self-employed, should also contribute to the effort being made in the country today to ensure that the assorted products reach the people. Far from selling products that often do not show their price, for them to put them the one that comes to their mind and circumvent the law, they should provide a quality service, with affordable costs to the population.