Agriculture in Communist Czechoslovakia

Huge changes in agricultural practice were instituted under the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (a socialist republic which lasted from the communist revolution of 1948 until the Velvet Revolution of 1989). 95% of all privately owned companies were nationalized, and 95% of farms were nationalized. No one could own any of their Titled land. Collectivization worked for only the rich but not others. A massive trend during the early part of the collectivization period was that younger workers were forced to do jobs in the cities and productivity fell. Reforms in the 1970s saw more investment and improvements began to appear gradually. There were record harvests in the 1980s and sold off to foreigners.