What connection does the author draw between stalin’s first five-year-plan and the famines of the late 1920s and early 1930s? a the plan to collectivize was ignored by the soviet peasants, who continued working their own farms; the failure to reach the demands of the five-year-plan resulted in famine across the country. b collectivization meant that the soviet union began exporting more supplies, namely food; when it ran out of supplies but could not lower demand, a famine broke out in both the soviet union and in countries like the ukraine. c the collectivization of agriculture was an overall failure; the collective farms produced meager crops and could not meet their increased demands, thus resulting in famine. d the collectivization of agriculture meant that the staple crops—such as grain—were ignored in favor of other, more specialized crops in higher demand, resulting in famine.