displa ation trol cut of o thin SOVE Sov oh rever on ten ies Collectivisation To increase agricultural production, Stalin introduced a system of collectivisation. Instead of peasants producing just enough to feed their own families, as they had done in the past, now food production would be organised and planned by the state. The state would also provide health care and schools. Many small peasant farms were merged into huge government-controlled collective farms, which used machinery and modern farming methods. Most peasants did not support communism, so collectivisation was a way for the government to have more control over them.
