Is a collective farm a cooperative farm?

In theory, the collective farm was a cooperative (the kolkhoz charter was introduced in 1935) based upon what was termed "kolkhoz – cooperative" property, ideologically inferior to state property used in the sovkhoz.

What is collective farming & communal farming?

Collective farming and communal farming are various types of "agricultural production in which multiple farmers run their holdings as a joint enterprise".

Does collective agriculture perform well?

Collective agriculture has not performed well. Collective farms in the USSR in 1929–31 and in China in 1959–61 experienced massive institutionally caused declines in farm output, accompanied by demographic disasters (on the Soviet Union, see Volin 1970, ch. 10; on China, see Ashton et al. 1984 ).