Land Reforms In The 1950's

The ability to have access to land on which to grow crops and raise animals is very important to people who are economically disenfranchised, especially in rural areas where people may not be able to access products readily. This need is emphasized even more in areas were agriculture is the main means of employment. In order to improve the lives of the people in these areas the governments began using land reforms. In this paper I will discuss land reforms in the 1940’s and 1950’s and how they are affecting society still today. According to Dictionary.com land reform is a governmental program that takes land from farmers and redistributes it among the landless
Land reforms are the changing of laws and regulations that make it possible for …show more content…
Many land reform acquisitions are subject to harsh legal debate. The reason for this, is because one must identify what land ownership means for the area in which a person lives. This is because the rules are different depending on which country or region a person resides. According to Acheson the property owners are divided into having five different types of rights (1) access (2) alienation (3) exclusion (4) management and (5) withdrawal. These rights can be held by an individual or a group and can include some or all of the …show more content…
He discovered that life was quite different. The town had a large divide in terms of wealth. Only the people who were in charge of managing the farms had stable incomes and many people were barely getting by. The owners of the farms themselves did not even live in the city. The town itself was run down and filled with dilapidated buildings such as churches and schools. This discovery led Goldschmidt to believe that family farms were the ideal small business in America and that they would “lay the economic base for the liberties and the democratic institutions which this Nation counts as its greatest asset.” (Goldschmidt). Goldschmidt also felt that it was important to recognize the “industrial quality of farming” (Goldschmidt). Along with the consequences that it would have on urban areas. Goldschmidt also felt that“the regulations of the Labor Relations Act should be applied to the agricultural sector and that unions should not only be allowed to develop, but should be encouraged”. (Goldschmidt). Unfortunately, the US government did not see the family farm as being an asset by the 1940’s so the government fired Goldschmidt and hide his work for many years. The fact that the government was unwilling to follow Goldschmidt’s recommendations, has caused according to Goldschmidt the monopolization of the agricultural industry by agribusinesses. The