A farm-level survey was carried out in Belarus in the second half of 1999, providing a detailed examination of changes in the three main components of the farming sector - large farm enterprises, households of farm employees, and independent private farms. This report presents a description and analysis of the survey findings, supplemented by a general discussion of relevant policy and legal issues, and recommendations for future reforms for the Belarussian agricultural sector. Less than 100 of 2,500 farm enterprises in Belarus are classified as reorganized farms, having changed their legal status during the 1990's and. There have been practically no changes in the size of land holdings and the labor force as a result of reorganization. The reorganized farms have not undergone significant internal restructuring and generally continue to operate like traditional collectives. These reorganized farms were larger and more profitable than the rest before entering the process of reorganization, and they remain larger and more profitable to this very day. However, the very novelty of reorganization and the special attitude of managers in reorganized farms have led to improvements in workers' behavior, which may be a sign for positive quantitative changes in future performance. For the majority of the rural population, the household plot remains an important source of family income, both in the form of farm products for own consumption and as supplementary cash revenue from farrn product sales. Independent family farms are still a marginal phenomenon in Belarus, but the private farmers are generally well-off and optimistic. Although comparisons of productivity and efficiency between small private farms and large collectives produce somewhat ambiguous results, the survey findings clearly refute the traditional view of many policy makers in Belarus that large-scale farms are more efficient than small-scale farms.