Title Agriculture, poverty and reform in Iran / by Mohammad Amad

Published London : Routledge, 2011

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Description 1 online resource Series Routledge library editions. Iran ; 25 Routledge library editions. Iran ; 25 Contents Cover; Agriculture, Poverty and Reform in Iran; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; The pattern of the study; Difficulties concerning the statistics; Iranian agriculture: a general view; 2. Agricultural backwardness in theory; Traditional tenancy systems: major features and problems; Sharecropping and efficiency; Sharecropping, investment and innovation; Sharecropping as risk sharing; Additional motives for sharecropping; Concluding remarks; 3. Pre-reform Iranian village; Land concentration; Sharecropping Techniques of production and investment in agricultureAgricultural production and rural income; Concluding remarks; 4. Theoretical analysis of land reform; Definition of land reform; Political dimension of land reform; Economics of land reform; Concluding remarks; 5. An analysis of the Iranian land reform programme; A review of the background of the land reform; The first stage of land reform; The second stage of land reform; The third stage of land reform; Analysis of the land reform legislation, and the government's agrarian attitude and policies; Concluding remarks 6. The agrarian system after the land reformThe implementation of the Iranian land reform; The distribution of land ownership and land tenure after the reform; Concluding remarks; 7. Economic consequences of the land reform; The land reform and irrigation sources; The rural capital market; The rural labour market; Modernization of farming techniques after the reform; The new agrarian system and agricultural production; Concluding remarks; 8. Rural poverty and inequality after the reform; Prevalence of subsistence farming; Persistence of low levels of living in rural areas; Conclusion Summary As in many developing countries, the prospects for land reform in Iran seemed promising. It was expected to improve rural poverty and stimulate agricultural development by replacing the traditional landlord-peasant system with more peasant-biased, modern farming. This book assesses the economic consequences of land reform, focusing particularly on its effect on the living standards of the rural poor. Amid describes a 'biomodal' system of large and small farms that emerged after the reform. Large farms, with government support, modernized and grew more profitable cash crops, whereas small fa Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Land reform -- Iran Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Iran Poor -- Iran BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General. Agriculture -- Economic aspects Land reform Poor Iran Form Electronic book ISBN 9780203830222 0203830229 0415035619 9780415035613

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