Soviet Agriculture: Elusive Supply Response Keeps Pressure on Reforms
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Over the past year the Soviet agricultural system has been exposed to public
scrutiny without the protection of traditional ideology and the selective use of
statistics. The first set of efforts to change things-the much heralded leasing
system-has had little impact, but the time for real change to occur has been
very short.
To date, the reforms are not clearly articulated. And there is no guarantee
that they will succeed when and if implemented. However, spurred by
increased food shortages and the general financial crises, Soviets and their
politicians have little choice: the structure of agriculture must change.
Whether agricultural reforms succeed or fail, the events of 1989 may be as
momentous for the twenty-first century as the 1929 Soviet collectivization of
their farms was for the twentieth.