Because the government provided seeds, water, management, health facilities, and schools, as well as workers' salaries, the farms were really state-owned farms rather than cooperatives.
en.wikipedia.org Formerly state-owned farms have been distributed among poor families.
links.org.au They were deployed on farms throughout the country, and they cultivated a lot of crops on state-owned farms.
www.ghanaweb.com For two years, he worked on state-owned farms and lived in a shared, wood-frame tent.
www.fastcompany.com As the process evolved, workers in state-owned farms and enterprises and in agricultural cooperatives elected boards of managers that directed production activities, financing, and marketing in conjunction with state-appointed directors.
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