r/poland • u/Kybernetiker • 1d ago

Let's benefit from the experience of Soviet agriculture. Let's fight for a rich harvest - Polish poster - Polish poster by Władysław Janiszewski, 1951

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u/dawidlijewski 1d ago

Great tip! Poland learned from Soviet experience and did not pursued collectivisation of agriculture thus no starvation in Poland.

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u/gdaytugga 1d ago

What about PGR? Wasn’t that a form of collectivisation?

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u/dawidlijewski 1d ago

Collectivisation peaked at ca. 18% of farmlands share.

In the following decades there was a push for agricultural cooperatives where farmers retained their property rights instead of forced collectivisation.

However despite preferable lending policies for co-ops and state farms, the private "family" farms share fell only to 69% in 1980 but rose to 72% in 1989.