Four Pests Campaign & Lysenkoism

Question 1

1. When was the Four Pests Campaign launched?
   - What were the 4 pests?
2. What happened to the crops in the fields as villagers were chasing the pests?
3. What happened when there were no birds?

Answer 1

1. 1955. • Sparrows, rats, flies and mosquitos.
2. Rotted.
3. Number of catepillars increased: devoured harvest.

Question 2

1. What was the campaign exacerbated by?
2. What did the use of his theories lead to?
3. Cadres refused to report ______ out of ____.

Answer 2

1. Totally fraudulent theoriest of USSR scientist Trofim Lysenko.
2. Added to time wasting and labour caused by backyard furnaces: decrease in agricultural prod.
3. Failure, fear.