land reform
noun
: measures designed to effect a more equitable distribution of agricultural land especially by governmental action
also
: the resulting redistribution
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In contrast, voluntary substitution programs—when combined with rural development and land reform—have proven far more sustainable.
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Mark Temnycky, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
There were no serious transitional justice programs, no adequate land reform projects to address rural poverty and inequality, and the stigmatization of the Congolese Tutsi community—one driver of the current conflict––was never addressed.
—Joshua Z. Walker, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2025
In Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru, collective or cooperative land reforms—less grandiose and more grassroots than the Soviet or Chinese variants—brought substantive and lasting social change.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Total peace promise The 2016 agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC, the world’s oldest insurgency at the time, granted 10 congressional seats to FARC representatives and set out a 15-year plan for rural land reform, transitional justice, and the reintegration of former guerrillas.
—Mie Hoejris Dahl, Christian Science Monitor, 10 June 2025
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Mark Temnycky, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
There were no serious transitional justice programs, no adequate land reform projects to address rural poverty and inequality, and the stigmatization of the Congolese Tutsi community—one driver of the current conflict––was never addressed.
—Joshua Z. Walker, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2025
In Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru, collective or cooperative land reforms—less grandiose and more grassroots than the Soviet or Chinese variants—brought substantive and lasting social change.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Total peace promise The 2016 agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC, the world’s oldest insurgency at the time, granted 10 congressional seats to FARC representatives and set out a 15-year plan for rural land reform, transitional justice, and the reintegration of former guerrillas.
—Mie Hoejris Dahl, Christian Science Monitor, 10 June 2025
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“Land reform.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/land%20reform. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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