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 * Soviet Farms were expanseful (http://tbn0.google.com/hosted/images/c?q=ec42ef92a20458c4_landing)
 * "The Soviet village is indeed the weakest point of the Soviet system, its Achillies' heel." Naun, Jasny, Soviet Studies (October 1951)(Millar, 135).
 * Agricultre made more progress since 1953 than anyone anticipated (Millar, 135)
 * Increased 3.5% on average since Stalin (Millar, 135)
 * Food consumption per capita doubled since 1951 (Millar, 135)
 * Diets were a high priority
 * Food went from near-bottom, to near-top of non-war priorities (Milar, 135)
 * Soviet growth was un-balanced
 * Premier Nikita Khrushev introduced radical changes to agricultural model
 * "De-Stalinization" brought many changes to econemy (Wright, 117)
 * Economic problems led to criticism of economic system
 * Until Khrushev had a strong political foothold, econemy was not openly discussed (Wright, 117)
 * It took a while for change
 * Stalinist economic system was really de-centralised (Wright, 117)
 * This meant a huge lack of control
 * Premier Alexi Kosygin outlined a plan for change (Wright, 120)
 * This was implemented in autum 1965
 * This plan abolished a lot of the previous system
 * It focused more on economic control(Wright, 120)
 * Sucess indicators fell(Wright, 121)