Socialist agriculture refers to agricultural production systems and institutional arrangements in which land, production resources, and agricultural organizations are substantially organized through collective or state ownership and coordinated according to socialist economic principles. The concept describes forms of agricultural organization characterized by collective management, public ownership or control of productive assets, and institutional mechanisms that regulate agricultural production, resource allocation, and distribution beyond purely 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, whose structures vary according to political, economic, and national contexts [2]. Unlike market-oriented agricultural systems based 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 concept is used to examine the relationship between 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
Agricultural Economics and Policy • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences • Agricultural and Biological Sciences • Life Sciences
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