Lord-Arthur_17
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Among the postulates of the communists there is a postulate of collectivization of agriculture, i.e. combining small farms into large cooperatives. Why is collectivization useful for agriculture? Here are some reasons:
1) Small farms have a problem with obtaining capital for modern agrotechnics. Thanks to the pooling of the budget, funds for modernization could be obtained faster. This would reverse the debt trend of our agricultural sector.
2) Large collective farms could more easily establish cooperation with the agri-food industry, which is easier, for purely administrative reasons, to establish cooperation with a few large entities than with many small entities.
3) Technical economies of scale. Some types of machines or techniques can be used effectively only above a certain scale of production. If a combine harvester allows, for example, 250 hectares to be processed during the season, it makes no sense for 10 25-hectare farms to buy 10 combine harvesters, one for each. The same is the case with the possibility of starting secondary production, such as, for example, biogas plants, which operate the more efficiently, the greater the amount of agricultural waste feeds them.
4) Easier control. More concentration means fewer companies to audit. This allows for more efficient checks to verify, for example, whether the allocated investment substitute has been spent in accordance with the target stated in the application, or whether the activity complies with certain health and environmental safety standards.
5) Abolition of pathological labor relations. The landowners and kulak farms use very poorly paid hired workers working for pennies in inhumanly difficult conditions. A victory for the socialized economy in the countryside is essential to finally end this type of barbaric social relationship.
6) Improving working conditions. Thanks to collectivization, it is possible to introduce a division of labor and a shift system in farms. This helps to reduce farmers' fatigue, especially during the harvest season. In addition, it makes it possible to replace it, for example, for the duration of the disease.
1) Small farms have a problem with obtaining capital for modern agrotechnics. Thanks to the pooling of the budget, funds for modernization could be obtained faster. This would reverse the debt trend of our agricultural sector.
2) Large collective farms could more easily establish cooperation with the agri-food industry, which is easier, for purely administrative reasons, to establish cooperation with a few large entities than with many small entities.
3) Technical economies of scale. Some types of machines or techniques can be used effectively only above a certain scale of production. If a combine harvester allows, for example, 250 hectares to be processed during the season, it makes no sense for 10 25-hectare farms to buy 10 combine harvesters, one for each. The same is the case with the possibility of starting secondary production, such as, for example, biogas plants, which operate the more efficiently, the greater the amount of agricultural waste feeds them.
4) Easier control. More concentration means fewer companies to audit. This allows for more efficient checks to verify, for example, whether the allocated investment substitute has been spent in accordance with the target stated in the application, or whether the activity complies with certain health and environmental safety standards.
5) Abolition of pathological labor relations. The landowners and kulak farms use very poorly paid hired workers working for pennies in inhumanly difficult conditions. A victory for the socialized economy in the countryside is essential to finally end this type of barbaric social relationship.
6) Improving working conditions. Thanks to collectivization, it is possible to introduce a division of labor and a shift system in farms. This helps to reduce farmers' fatigue, especially during the harvest season. In addition, it makes it possible to replace it, for example, for the duration of the disease.
