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Old 11th April 2009
Jacob Richter Jacob Richter is offline
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Originally Posted by NewRepublic View Post
Ah, but if you go down the khrushev road we would without doubt be spending more on agriculture than we are now. Khrushevs approach was slightly more capitalist than Stalins approach. It allowed the peasant farmers to make profit.
As for "vertical farming" I dont think it could take off in Ireland
"Spending more on agriculture" was a result of introducing a minimum wage in the mid-50s. Your mention of Khrushchev's approach to collective farming is offset by his emphasis on state farming, which by and large was far more productive, all without private plots to supplement state farming production.

Oh, and I apologize re. Ireland. Vertical farming's applicability in my head is in the US, Japan, and continental Europe.
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