Key Question:
What problems faced Khrushchev in his efforts to reform the Soviet economy?
-Agriculture
Due to Stalin’s collectivization the grain amount and technology for farming were extremely low. When the plan to use the Virgin lands was put into place, it seemed to work except for the fact that the land and climate were not right for what the CCCP wanted to grow, the workers were inexperience with growing such crows thus finding it easier to grow easier to grow and manage crops such as maize. Also due to locations of storing crops and being misinformed Khrushchev could not get grain production up in virgin lands, then in the 60s it became worse when poor weather yielded poor soil for gowning crops. To avoid a famine grain had to be bought from the West which ruined Soviet plans to increase grain in order to beat the US grain rates.
-Industry
Upset the bureaucrats in the party who had been placed there by Stalin since Khrushchev’s industrial reforms would ruin the privileges they had. SYP succeeded in increasing consumer goods however it diminished the fact the Soviet still failed on grain and meat production and also the inability to deal with shortages.
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