A production team () was formerly the basic accounting and farm production unit in the

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system in

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from 1958 to 1984. Production teams were largely disbanded during the agricultural reforms of 1982–1985. In the administrative hierarchy, the team was the lowest level, the next higher levels being the

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and

. Typically the team owned most of the land and was responsible for

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. Since 1984 production teams have been replaced by .

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