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tenant farming

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tenant farming

System whereby farmers rent their holdings from a landowner in return for the use of agricultural land.



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Byline: Karen Dent THE future of tenant farming and how it can best be secured is coming under the spotlight this week.
First signs There is evidence of co-operative tenant farming in Babylon and of burial benefit societies in Greece as early as 3,000 BC.
With the rise of biotechnology, we are seeing the virtual return of tenant farming at its most basic, most insidious level.
 
 
 
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