Question

What do you mean by Kolkhoz? How did it begin? Explain its features.

Answer 1

Kolkhoz is the name for collective farming in the Soviet Union. It was introduced in the erstwhile Soviet Union to improve upon the inefficiency of previous methods of agriculture and to boost agricultural production for self-sufficiency.
Its features:

• This type of farming is based on social ownership of the means of production and collective labour.
• The farmers pool in all their resources like land, livestock, and labour.
• Yearly targets are set by the government and the produce is also sold to the state at fixed prices.
• Members are paid according to the nature of the work allotted to them by the farm management.