strategy
Implementing land reform
Synonyms:
Introducing agrarian reformRedistributing land
Hastening land reform
Reforming land allocation practices
Offering adequate agrarian reform
Providing sufficient agrarian reform
Distributing agricultural land
Reallocating land
Reducing inequality of property distribution
Managing land redistribution
Providing alternative to traditional land distribution
Providing fair distribution of land ownership
Description:
Transfering the ownership of income generating property to the rural poor in order to bring about more effective control and use of land and to directly benefit agricultural workers and the community as a whole. Claim:
1. Land reform creates a more equitable distribution of wealth for the rural population, preventing control by a small number of landowners.2. Small farm agriculture can absorb more labour than large scale farms and thus help to absorb population growth.
Counter Claim:
Land reform results in the under-utilization of building and equipment. Most landless rural poor do not have the access to capital nor managerial skills to actually do productive farming. These result in decreasing food production and greater poverty. Broader:
Managing drylandsOrganizing land ownershipReducing human inequalityDeveloping sustainable economic systemsImproving allocation of resourcesAchieving commutative justice Narrower:
Creating community land trustDe-commodifying landRedistributing single plotsImproving accessibility of land resourcesExpanding land ownershipImproving distribution of private propertyMaking restitution of peasant landholdingsImproving agroforestry practices by clarifying land tenure Constrains:
Distributing land through customary tenure systemsStrengthening monopolized land ownership Constrained by:
Abstaining from agrarian reformPreserving inequality of property distributionLimiting monopolized land ownership Facilitates:
Managing landDecreasing scale of farmsIncreasing scale of farmsRestricting agricultural landIncreasing security of land tenureEnsuring availability of land for low-income groupsMaking transition to a post-capitalist social order Facilitated by:
Land use planningDemanding allocation of property ownershipPromoting women's access to land and propertyCondemning traditional elitist land ownershipProviding agricultural aid to developing countriesAssessing consequences of different land tenure systemsKeeping land ownership records Problems:
LandlessnessMaldistribution of agricultural land
Unequal property distribution
Private ownership
Tradition-bound land distribution
References:
Moskoff, William: Perestroika in the Countryside: agricultural reform in the Gorbachev era Subjects:
Geography → Land type/useTransportation, Telecommunications → Forwarders, distributors
Transportation, Telecommunications → Distribution
Commerce → Property
Agriculture, Fisheries → Agriculture
Management → Management
Development → Reform
Type Classification:
C: Cross-sectoral strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
