The World - News from March 30, 1986
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The Soviet Union announced plans to boost sagging farm production by loosening food price controls, allowing farmers to sell some produce directly to local stores and giving regional agriculture officials greater autonomy. Other measures include raising wages at state farms and increasing prices the state pays for grain and other crops. The reform package is aimed at meeting what Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev last month called the “top priority task” of feeding the nation’s people.
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