Abstract This article reconstructs the models of socialist modernization agriculture developed at end 1920s and start 1930s: collective-farm-cooperative, state-farm-collective-farm, agrarian-industrial. The characteristic agrarian system formed in course mass collectivization, which radically differs from theoretical constructions accepted for implementation, is given. grounds content organizat...

This paper addresses the effects of economic transition policies on forestry in China. The effects of de-collectivization and market liberalization on the forest land area and timber harvest are studied using panel data from four provinces covering the period 1978]1995. Fixed effects ordinary least squares models for forest land cover and annual harvests per hectare are estimated, allowing for ...

The collectivization and the long period of socialism in Russia completely transformed rural life and rural livelihoods. In this period large-scale farms came to incorporate all aspects of rural life, and became the dominant economic and social structures in rural areas. In the past decade, the on-going transition, combined with the economic deterioration of the large-scale farming system, has ...

INTRODUCTION Transgender populations face inequalities in access to HIV, health and social services. In addition, there is limited documentation of models for providing appropriately tailored services and social support for transgender populations in low- and middle-income countries. This paper presents outcomes of the Global Fund-supported Pehchan programme, which aimed to strengthen community...