Early Changes in Agriculture 1949-1957

Early Changes in Agriculture

• 1950 agrarian reform law was introduced, peasants took land from landlords
• Work teams organised and Landlords subjected to struggle meetings 
• by 1952 88% iof households had taken part, with 43% of land redistributed to 60% of peasants 
• 1950-1952 agricultural production increased by 15% per year 
• 1-2 million landlords had been executed in the process
• 1951 mutual aid teams set up across the country 
• by 1952 40% of peasants belonged to a Mutual Aid Team 
• 1953 APCs were…