著者

関谷 俊作

出版者

地域農林経済学会

雑誌

農林業問題研究 (ISSN:03888525)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.33, no.2, pp.57-65, 1997-09-25 (Released:2011-09-05)

被引用文献数

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Fifty years have passed since the start of the land reform, which was aimed at creating owner-farmers. After the reform, about 90% of agricultural land was owned by farmers, while farm-sizes remained same or rather smaller compared with these before the reform.To preserve the results of the reform, Agricultural Land Law was enacted in 1952, establishing systematic control over transfer of rights, alteration, ownership of leased land, owner-tenant relations and farm rents of agricultural land. From 1962 to 1993, legal system for agricultural land has remarkably changed. In order to promote leasing of agricultural land, control over owner-tenant relations and farm rents was relaxed, and a new system for promoting fixed-term lease and other transfer of rights was introduced.Meanwhile, a large part of owner-farmers sold or leased all or most of their land because of their old age or getting other jobs. The other part of owner-farmers enlarged their farm-sizes mainly by leasing land thus delivered. These changes, especially progress of land lease, have been accelarated by legislations and village movements, as needed for amelioration of farm structures.Today, legal system for agricultural land sets the conditons for enlargement of farm-sizes by people engaged in farming works, permitting acquisition or taking on lease only to such people or coporations managed mainly by such people.