Lakoba unfortunately is one early Bolshevik who has not had a lot written about him, which is unusual because his collected papers are housed in Stanford and easy to access (it is a goal of mine to research them and produce something out of it).

That said, as you noted Lakoba was able to resist collectivization in Abkhazia when it was introduced in the rest of the Soviet Union. The reasons for this have been seen to mainly be due to his close relationship with Stalin, and the way that Lakoba was able to effectively rule Abkhazia as his own private fiefdom (jokingly called "Lakobistan"). However what was implemented instead of collectivization has not been fully researched as far as I'm aware, and indeed any discussion on the topic relates more to the angle of why and how it didn't happen rather than what was going on instead, so there may not be a definitive answer out there right now. That said, it is a good question and one I am going to consider for my own future research, if/when I get the chance to go and do it.