Agriculture in the United Kingdom fund the purchase as a mortgage. The Council could not refuse without the Minister of Agriculture's permission. In 1919 the Board of Agriculture and the Ministry of Food were merged to form the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, which later became the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF). MAFF was in turn the predecessor of DEFRA. Before the Second World War started, Britain imported 55 million tons of food a year. By the end of 1939, this had dropped to 12 million, and food rationing was introduced at the start of 1940. It did not completely end until July
Rationing in Cuba to return to the previous area for their supplies. Products distributed through the "libreta" mechanism are sold at subsidized prices, which have been kept more or less stable since its inception (the mean salary of a worker has varied very little since, as well). The "libreta" contains a page for every month, where the clerk marks what products were withdrawn, and in which quantities. Cubans are required to present the "libreta" each time they buy the rations. At its inception, the rationing system included not only food products, but industrial products as well. Along with the "libreta", a tear-off coupon