In this book Stefan Hedlund investigates the reasons for this state of affairs. The author gives an account of the emergence, development and performance of private agriculture in the Soviet Union.

The contributors to this volume evaluate such reforms and weigh their implications for agricultural output and trade.

Compilation of articles on the contribution of the agricultural sector to economic development in the USSR - examines soviet agricultural policy, the impact of collective farming, the attempt to equalize living conditions in rural areas and ...

This book is the first to investigate the gap between the plans and the reality of the Soviet Union's mid-twentieth-century project to industrialize and modernize its agricultural system.

USSR. Monograph on agricultural development - covers the historical background, agricultural economics, collective farming, the agricultural market, social protection of agricultural workers, agro-industrial integration, and describes ...