Intro -- CONTESTING AGRICULTURE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- CHRONOLOGY -- 1. Introduction -- The Setting -- Methodology -- 2. Identities -- PART I: The Communist Period -- 3. The History of Collectivization in Agriculture -- 4. The LPG --...

Inefficiencies in agriculture in Eastern and Central Europe and the Soviet Union contributed to the financial collapse of the socialist system. Yet during the transition, agricultural production has declined. Low profits, high real interest rates, slow progress in reforms in some countries, and...