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In 1985, East German agriculture employed 10.8 percent of the labor force, received 7.4 percent of gross capital investments, and contributed 8.1 percent to the country's net product. [2] Farms were usually organized either in state-owned farms ("Volkseigenes Gut") or collective farms ("Landwirtschaftliche Produktionsgenossenschaften").
In East Germany, where farms were collectivized under the socialist regime in the 1960s, there had been about 5,100 agricultural production collectives, with an average of 4,100 hectares under cultivation. Since unification, about three-quarters of the collectives have remained as cooperatives, partnerships, or joint-stock companies.
Anna Archinger: "The Danish Jutland Horse is a rare breed - with only around 800 horses remaining worldwide - which used to play a significant role in Danish agriculture. Today, a handful of ...
In the agriculture of East Germany, the collectivisation of private and state-owned agricultural land was the progression of a policy of food security (at the expense of large scale bourgeois farmers). It began in the years of Soviet occupation (1945–48) as part of the need to govern resources in the Soviet Sector.
A 2017 study found that Chinese peasants slaughtered massive numbers of draft animals as a response to collectivization, as this would allow them to keep the meat and hide, and not transfer the draft animals to the collectives. [43] The study estimates that "the animal loss during the movement was 12 to 15 percent, or 7.4-9.5 million dead.
The gradual phase-out of agricultural diesel. BERLIN (Reuters) -Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition, racing to finalise a 2024 budget draft that was delayed by a court ruling, has made unexpected ...
Animal welfare and rights in Germany (3 C, 2 P) B. Beekeeping in Germany (1 C, 1 P) Beer in Germany (8 C, 18 P) ... Pages in category "Agriculture in Germany"
In 2011 Germany had Europe's largest pig population at over 27.4 million. [3] In 2016, a German court ruled that chick culling, in which male chicks are killed by being gassed or ground alive, does not violate animal protection laws. Several million chicks are killed by these methods in Germany each year. [4]