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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 ").
The number of farms decreased steadily in West Germany, from 1.6 million in 1950 to 630,000 in 1990. 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 ...
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.
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 ...
The reparations seriously hindered the ability of East Germany to compete with West Germany economically. While the dismantling of industrial capacity had a significant effect, the most important factor in explaining the initial divergence in economic performance was the separation of the eastern zone from its traditional West German market. [ 4 ]
In Germany, the Federal Ministry of Finance is providing subsidies (tax breaks and financial aid) of around 2.65 billion euros for the 2023 budget. [ 11 ] According to the farmers' association, 69% of the EU CAP spending of 58.3 billion euros in 2023 is going to conditional direct payments, with only 5% to agricultural market spending and 26% ...
The land reforms in both East and West Germany had three main goals: to end the conservative political influence of land barons [clarification needed]. to reallocate and integrate refugees from the former eastern territories and citizens displaced by bombings. [12] [13] to enforce greater flexibility and efficiency in short-term agricultural ...
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