Land reform

Land reform (also agrarian reform although that can have a broader meaning) is the government-initiated or government-backed redistribution of — i.e. transfer of ownership of (or tenure in) — agricultural land. The term most often refers to transfer from ownership by a relatively small number of wealthy (or noble) owners with extensive land holdings (e.g. plantations, large ranches, or agribusiness plots) to individual or collective ownership by those who work the land. Such transfer of ownership may be with or without consent or compensation; compensation may vary from token amounts to the full value of the land. The land value tax is a moderate version of land reform.

External links

• Land Research Action Network:News, Analysis, and Research on Land Reform
• Land Reform in Scotland
• Fast Track Land Reform in Zimbabwe
• The Land Reform of 1919?1940: Lithuania and the Countries of East and Central Europe
• FAO Multilingual Thesaurus on Land Tenure