The paper is an attempt of a synthesis of the role of agriculture in strategies of growth in centrally planned economies. By analysing the historical experiences of socialist countries as well as recently undertaken economic reforms, there are outlined three basic models (concepts) of the role of agriculture in the development process of a centrally planned economy. These are the following: the model of “sacrificing” rural and agricultural interests to the interests of non agricultural sectors, to the city, the model of stabilizing functions of agriculture in the national economy, the model of dynamic functions of agriculture in the development of national economy.
