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Khrushchev's agricultural policy

Khrushchev's agricultural policy.

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Khrushchev's agricultural policy

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  1. Khrushchev's agricultural policy

  2. Khrushchev decided he needed to improve Russia’s agricultural problems quickly and embarked on a process to increase food production. In 1953 agricultural production was low and the livestock population was low. Khrushchev partly blamed this on Stalin’s methods of controlling agriculture. “What kind of communism is it that can’t produce sausages?”

  3. Why did Khrushchev improve agriculture? To increase food production Grain stocks and livestock populations were lower than Tsarists times. Collectivisation was not working as farms had to pay high taxes and received low wages for their produce! Failures of the Centrally Planned Economy Khrushchev thought the controlled economy under Gosplan had taken away local initiative and independence. He wanted to reduce control and allow local leaders to decide agricultural policy. WHY? He was an expert Khrushchev believed he was a agricultural expert (he had a agricultural/peasant background) and thought he knew what he was doing

  4. Khrushchev’s reforms • ENCOURAGE PEASANTS TO PRODUCE MORE • A) Peasants were paid more for grain • B) Taxes on peasants were reduced • C) amount of grain requisitioned was reduced, therefore there was more left for the peasants to sell. • ALL THESE INCREASED THE CHANCES OF PEASANTS MAKING MONEY

  5. Khrushchev's Agricultural Policy • Increase Efficiency Tractor stations were disbanded. Peasants worked harder to buy tractors Tractors sold to state farms With a tractor can produce more grain Bigger profit! Sell more grain

  6. Khrushchev Agricultural Policy continued • Increase Efficiency • Collective farms were also merged to create larger farms • Ministry of Agriculture was moved away from Moscow, there was also regionalisation- wanted regions to have greater self control as they knew their area better than Moscow

  7. Khrushchev Agricultural Policy • The Virgin Lands Scheme • In its 1st three years 36 million hectares of new land was brought under cultivation • Young communists were sent into the countryside to make these regions fertile • 100,000 Tractors were provided

  8. Success! • Between 1949 and 1953 agricultural output = 80 million tonnes • Between 1954 and 1958 (under K.) it was 110 million tonnes.

  9. Things go wrong! • Critics of Khrushchev complained that there was too much investment in agriculture and not enough in other areas, such as the military and space. • This led to a decrease in tractors and machinery.

  10. Khrushchev’s mistakes • To maintain improvements Khrushchev tried to experiment with other grains such as maize. • Many areas like Kazakhstan had unsuitable soil. • There were not enough fertilizers. • Encouraged early sowing of crops. This led to wheat infestation, soil erosion.

  11. Result • 1963 had to import 20 million tonnes of grain from USA and Australia.

  12. Task • Explain in detail what the Virgin Lands Scheme was. • Draw a table of SUCCESSES and FAILURES of Khrushchev’s agriculture policy.

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