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While the Cuban population faces long lines to obtain basic food items, a state-run mango plantation in the center of the country is lost amid weeds, neglect, and governmental indifference.
According to a report by the independent organization Food Monitor Program (FMP) on their X account, the farm, once a source of agricultural pride, illustrates the failure of the collectivist economic system imposed by the Cuban regime.
FMP stated that, due to a lack of fertilizer, fuel, and workforce, the mangos were not collected and are rotting on the ground, just a few kilometers from communities suffering from food insecurity, in addition to driving up the price of this product in different types of markets.
The organization warned that this year, dozens of tons of fruit were lost that never reached consumers.
"Families are responsible for gathering and stacking the mangoes that the State does not collect, process, or market," she emphasized.
The collective recalled that what could be an efficient production chain capable of supplying markets, schools, and hospitals has turned into a "every man for himself" situation, where local farmers struggle to survive amid disorganization and state control.
Despite its evident inability to manage the land, the State retains control over large unproductive areas.
FMP warned that prolonged abandonment threatens the agricultural future of the country, as trees age without pruning or grafting, marabú spreads, and the land loses its ability to produce.
“The mango, one of the most representative fruits of Cuba, ends up rotting on the ground while families go hungry,” the organization noted, emphasizing that the lack of governmental will and the inaction of the state apparatus are the main causes of this crisis.
On the island, Miguel Díaz-Canel's regime continues to prioritize political control over productivity, while millions of Cubans face chronic food shortages, inflation, and blackouts.
The situation described by Food Monitor Program illustrates how the structural failure of the state model condemns Cuban agriculture to unproductivity and the people to misery.
But this situation, as incredible as it may seem in a country where people are starving, is not exclusive to the mango harvest.
A farmer alerted that no one wanted to buy his pumpkin harvest in Artemisa, which led him to ask the ruler Miguel Díaz-Canel what he should do with this production.
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