Abstract
Abstract Brækhus, K. Some Geographic Aspects of Soviet Agriculture. Norsk geogr. Tidsskr. 22, 39–55, 1968. Excepting major calamities, there is no longer any danger of starvation in the Soviet Union. The problem in Soviet agriculture is a more sophisticated one: given the present system of ownership, and presuming the farming population will conform, what would be the influence of the geographic factors? The article discusses the extent of land available for agricultural production, the yields obtained, the decrease in rural population, the number of people active in farming and their distribution, the supply of farm machinery and changes in agricultural production, to end up with a discussion of the graingrowing areas and changes in sowing practice. In most of SSSR's European grain-growing areas spring sowing has been replaced by autumn sowing. Finally, the contention is made that this change of practice may be influenced by secular climatic changes.
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