ABSTRACT
The question in communist countries often is 'How to manage the process of distributing land in an economically efficient way while at least maintaining or rather improving the current level of agricultural production? In other words: What type of land tenure system best serves the economic development of this particular country?' The practical implementation of restructuring of agricultural production in the Kyrgyz Republic resulted in a variety of farm types. The slow progress of reform in terms of actual distribution of land among individuals might have been in part the result of a compromise which is specific to the Kyrgyz situation. Peasant and private farms in the Kyrgyz Republic employ more workers per ha of arable land, or cultivate fewer hectares per worker of arable land - but presumably much more intensive - than the other types of farms.
