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Yu, L. Socialist Agriculture. Encyclopedia. Available online: https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/60585 (accessed on 23 October 2026).
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Socialist agriculture refers to agricultural production systems and institutional arrangements in which land, production resources, and agricultural organizations are organized through collective or state ownership and coordinated according to socialist economic principles. Such systems are characterized by collective management, public ownership or control of productive assets, and institutional mechanisms that regulate agricultural production, resource allocation, and distribution beyond private market-based arrangements [1]. Socialist agriculture encompasses diverse historical and institutional models, including collective farming systems, state farms, and other forms of publicly organized agricultural production, with their structures varying across political, economic, and national contexts [2]. Unlike market-oriented agricultural systems that rely primarily on private ownership and individual decision-making, socialist agriculture emphasizes collective organization, state coordination, and planned allocation of agricultural resources [3]. Within agricultural economics and policy analysis, the term is used to examine the relationships among agricultural institutions, property rights, production organization, and the transformation of farming systems under socialist economic frameworks [4].

socialist agriculture collective farming agricultural institutions agrarian systems
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  1. Marian Rizov; Agriculture in Transition: Land Policies and Evolving Farm Structures in Post-Soviet Countries. Eur. Rev. Agric. Econ. 2005, 32, 291-293. [CrossRef]
  2. Lin, J. Y. 1992. Rural reforms and agricultural growth in China. American Economic Review, 82(1), 34–51. https://ideas.repec.org/a/aea/aecrev/v82y1992i1p34-51.html.
  3. Rozelle, S., & Li, G. 1998. Village leaders and land-rights formation in China. American Economic Review, 88(2), 433–438. https://econpapers.repec.org/article/aeaaecrev/v_3a88_3ay_3a1998_3ai_3a2_3ap_3a433-38.htm.
  4. Putterman, L. 1993. Continuity and Change in China’s Rural Development: Collective and Reform Eras. Oxford University Press. https://ideas.repec.org/b/oxp/obooks/9780195078725.html
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