TENANTFARMER

Tenant farmer

A tenant farmer is one who resides on land owned by a landlord. Tenant farming is an agricultural production system in which landowners contribute their land and often a measure of operating capital and management; while tenant farmers contribute their labor along with at times varying amounts of capital and management. Depending on the contract, tenants can make payments to the owner either of a fixed portion of the product, in cash or in a combination. The rights the tenant has over the land, the form, and measure of the payment varies across systems . In some systems, the tenant could be evicted at whim ; in others, the landowner and tenant sign a contract for ...

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tenant farmer

Noun

  1. a person who farms land rented from a landlord


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