Why did Stalin want to Modernise Soviet Agriculture?

Why did Stalin want to Modernise Soviet Agriculture?

1. Ending the NEP

• Stalin had originally allied with Bukharin behind the NEP, gaining support of prospering peasants and kulaks and NEPmen.
• Kulaks - rich farmers who had grown their land and accumulated wealth by selling produce for profit.
• NEPmen: men who took part of the produce and began private trading in towns / men who owned small private businesses in town which traded in small goods and profitted from NEP
• Then, to defeat Bukharin, AND build upon Socialism in 1 country,  Stalin changed his stance to supporting big state-led communist products of shared wealth + benefit like dam building
• Stalin decided it was unacceptable to have NEP operating in countryside
• Wanted liquidation of the peasant class, villianised them.
• He replaced kulaks with peasants who would gain…