The government has been trying to phase out huge subsidies to the farm sector , and in a move back to pre-Soviet days has given up to 50 hectares ( 124 acres ) of land to some 36,000 private farmers willing to go it alone .
<response> The government has been trying to phase out huge subsidies to the farm sector , and in a move back to <misc>pre-Soviet</misc> days has given up to 50 hectares ( 124 acres ) of land to some 36,000 private farmers willing to go it alone . </response>