Original sentence: Prominent businesspeople and food producers claimed that regulated prices were so low that they were producing this food at a loss.Since 2003, the Venezuelan government has set price controls on around 400 basic foods to counter inflation, which has led to "sporadic food shortages"
Edited sentence: " This policy has greatly reduced the incentives to produce food, and so food production has fallen substantially.Between 2000 and 2007, Venezuelan immigration to the U.Chavez's criticsm and legal attacks against the productive members of his country have caused a substantial brain drain.Chávez has adopted a policy of redistributing farmland.Chávez has set price controls on many kinds of food, which have caused shortages and hoarding.Chávez said of the farmland, "The land is not private.Doctors, teachers, entrepreneurs, business owners, software developers, advertising account executives, scientists, classical musicians, and lawyers have been fleeing the country and heading to the U.Food producers claimed that the government was forcing them to produce food at a loss.It is the property of the state.Outside observers claim that this lost human capital is far more valuable than any petroleum that the country could ever possess.has gone up more than 5,000%