Question

Collective farming in Soviet Russia is an example of --- method of cultivation.

• A. individual
• B. subsistence
• C. traditional
• D. large-scale

Answer 1

Answer:

D. large-scale

Large-Scale Farming:

Broadly speaking, large scale farming in of four types:

1. Collective farming
2. State farming
3. Corporate farming
4. Co-operative farming

Collective Farming:

• Collective farming in Soviet Russia is an example of large-scale method of cultivation.
• In such a type of farming peasants work jointly on the farm surrendering their individual land which they had been using and also their animals and agricultural implements.
• The remuneration of collective farmers is calculated in 'work day' units.

State Farming:

• Another important method of large-scale farming is state farming which has been again, largely tried in Russia.
• These farms are equipped with up-to-date machinery, managed in accordance with the latest methods of agronomy and scientific animal husbandry and worked by paid labour.
• Only one state farming in Kerala, Aralam (Kannur)

Corporate Farming:

• The third type of large-scale farming is corporate farming or estate farming in which large estates are being cultivated on capitalistic basis and in which profit motive predominates.
• USA is the example of corporate farming.

Co-operative Farming:

Another important method of large-scale farming is co-operative farming, four types of co-operative farming societies.

Collective Farming:

• Collective farming in Soviet Russia is an example of large-scale method of cultivation.
• In such a type of farming peasants work jointly on the farm surrendering their individual land which they had been using and also their animals and agricultural implements.
• The remuneration of collective farmers is calculated in 'work day' units.