Collective Farming

Collective farming is built on a single, clear idea: the community, not any individual, owns the means of production, and everyone works together. This is a complete break from individual or family-based farming.

The most famous historical example of this system was the Kolkhoz model, introduced in the erstwhile Soviet Union. The Soviet government turned to collective farming for two specific reasons:

• To fix inefficiency: Earlier methods of agriculture were seen as outdated and unproductive.
• To achieve self-sufficiency: The goal was to boost total agricultural production so the country no longer depended on imports.

Under this system, farmers did not own their own land or equipment separately. Instead, they pooled everything together:

• Land
• Livestock
• Labour

Every farmer contributed these resources to the collective. In return, they shared the produce and the work. …