landfarmers
Landfarmers is a term used in agrarian policy and scholarship to describe people who farm land through access arrangements other than full ownership. The category includes tenant farmers, leaseholders, sharecroppers, and farmers who work on land under community, cooperative, or long-term rental arrangements. Some uses broaden the term to emphasize reliance on land access as a key determinant of production, rather than personal capital or ownership.
Historically, land tenure has shaped who can farm and under what conditions. In feudal or colonial economies,
In contemporary discourse, landfarmers often appear in debates about access to land for new and minority farmers,
See also: tenant farmer, sharecropping, land reform, community land trust, urban agriculture, regenerative agriculture.