 Many of the collectivised peasants resented the loss of their private farmland, and productivity slumped.Famine broke out in many areas, with the Politburo frequently ordering the distribution of emergency food relief to these regions.Armed peasant uprisings against dekulakisation and collectivisation broke out in Ukraine, northern Caucasus, southern Russia, and central Asia, reaching their apex in March 1930; these were suppressed by the Red Army.