In this article it is developed, based on existing data and post-socialism discourse, a theoretical perspective on the research into the privatization of agriculture in the Baltic republics.

As much as estate ownership in the 19^th century, small farming established in sweeping land reforms characterized Baltic agriculture between the World Wars. Before the collectivization, Estonian farms had the largest average acreage and the smallest size differences; Lithuania by contrast, had the smallest average acreage and the least equal distribution of land property. However, small farming was clearly the dominant type of agricultural production in all Baltic countries.