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It is important to note that not many "peasant workers" have 

 switched to the private sector. 



Prospects of success for these private farmers varies widely. Some 

 have yet to produce any crop or product, mostly because of 

 inability to obtain credit. Others are very successful and serve 

 as excellent role models. 



Perhaps most promising are the handful of state and collective 

 farms which have elected to convert en masse to true private 

 agriculture. Here each worker owns and operates (or rents to 

 others) his or her specific tract of land. Typically, equipment 

 and central support facilities are reorganized into cooperatives 

 or joint stock companies owned and operated for the benefit of the 

 individual farmers. Here the prospects for success are truly 

 excellent. 



However, it should be noted that while the majority of state and 

 collective farms are being "privatized" (as required by law) 

 most of the transformations are far more a matter of words and 

 titles than of substance. 



With respect to how the transition to a market-oriented agriculture 

 is likely to progress, several points can be made: 



