collective farm

• Ein großer landwirtschaftlicher Betrieb, bei dem Land und Produktionsmittel kollektives Eigentum einer Gruppe von Bauern sind; besonders in sozialistischen oder kommunistischen Systemen, vor allem in der ehemaligen Sowjetunion.

A large agricultural enterprise in which the land and means of production are owned collectively by a group of farmers, typically associated with socialist or communist systems, especially in the former Soviet Union.

1. Agricultural cooperativeB2formal

   A large farm formed by combining many small farms, owned and operated collectively by a group of farmers, often under state control.

   Landwirtschaftliche Produktionsgenossenschaft

   • The government encouraged peasants to join the collective farm.
   • Life on a collective farm was strictly regulated.
   • Many collective farms were dissolved after the economic reforms.