KRUSCHEV EOCNOMIC- AGRICULURE 4 Flashcards
AIM:
to inc prices paid for collective farms, introduce changes to crop and open new crop regions
kruschev came form a peasant bg
blived he was an ag reformer, went to extreme levels to to consolidate his amir on soviet ag
often feel at home on the fields and openly convert ewiht other farmer
shelved ag was key to modenring
policy 1: state procumenre prices rose
krushcev rose the prices that the state paid for ag produces and this inc the kolhoze average income by 68%, other incentives included, collections allowed to set their own targets and taxes reduced and payable via plot size , and quota of private plot cut
virgin land scheme 1954
region in the Urals and western Siberia. aim to cloud semi arid land and inc grain production, 300k komsosl volunteers moved to take up this endveiour and military ran with emeahis on rapid scheme
the harvest of 1956
the biggest ever harvets with 125m tonnes of grain, this inc investment from 3% to 12.8%, never happened again but was fruitful initially
krushchev and his maize obsession
as successful VLS, he used previous grain areas for producing grain this would prvide cattle feed, revive meat and dairy for farming idnitry
maize obsession nto successful
only able to produce 50% of the corn than us farm, their was low labor rpocuivy and climate and conditions not fit
other ag changes
MTS absolved 1958
restriction on size of private plots
eval :)
VLS inanely successful ag rose by 35%, this allowed K to consolidate his power and some farms allowed farms an inc in income of 400%
eval :(
still remained very insuffeincnet, 50% of soviet population worked on farms whilst us only 5%
harvet began to decline post 58 but picked up by 62, beucratic ineffeicnies was common
centrally directed campaigns didnt reflect local intivitevs
