Stalin was also convinced that planting crops closer together would yield better results since they would 'cooperate' rather than compete. He was not exactly a

Stalin was also convinced that planting crops closer together would yield better results since they would 'cooperate' rather than compete. He was not exactly a pillar of deep thinking. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trofim_Lysenko http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trofim_Lysenko