page_title: Agriculture in East Germany
hierarchical_section_title: Agriculture in East Germany
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Konvoi von Erntehelfern ADN-ZB Spremberg 20.8.1972 50 Mähdrescher des Tpys E 512 aus zehn Kreisen des Bezirks Cottbus gingen am 20.8.72 auf Fahrt in den Bezirk Neubrandenburg. Die 100 Erntekapitäne und 10 Reparaturbrigaden werden in diesem Schwerpunktgebiet sozialistische Hilfe bei der Bergung des Getreides leisten.
context_page_description: Agriculture in East Germany employed 10.8 percent of the labor force, received 7.4 percent of gross capital investments, and contributed 8.1 percent to the country's net product in 1985. Farms were usually organized either in state-owned farms or collective farms.
  During the 1970s and early 1980s, the trend in East German agriculture was toward larger units; some crop-producing collectives and state farms combined to form cooperatives holding 4,000 to 5,000 hectares. These agribusinesses, known as Cooperative Departments of Crop Production, which included foodprocessing establishments, became the dominant form of agricultural enterprise in crop production. In the early 1980s, specialization also took place in livestock production.
context_section_description: Agriculture in East Germany employed 10.8 percent of the labor force, received 7.4 percent of gross capital investments, and contributed 8.1 percent to the country's net product in 1985. Farms were usually organized either in state-owned farms (Volkseigenes Gut) or collective farms (Landwirtschaftliche Produktionsgenossenschaft).
  During the 1970s and early 1980s, the trend in East German agriculture was toward larger units; some crop-producing collectives and state farms combined to form cooperatives holding 4,000 to 5,000 hectares. These agribusinesses, known as Cooperative Departments of Crop Production (Kooperative Abteilungen der Pflanzenproduktion--KAP), which included foodprocessing establishments, became the dominant form of agricultural enterprise in crop production. In the early 1980s, specialization also took place in livestock production.
caption: Combine harvesters of the type E 512 on an east german motorway
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