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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Indeed, land reforms that Landesa has worked to foster and implement have helped reduce poverty, hunger, and land conflicts for more than 720 million people in scores of countries around the world.
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Kim Starkey, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
And so part of what this act allows the states to do is to support land reform.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
This narrative, amplified by figures like Trump, Musk, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio has not only distorted the reality of land reform in South Africa but has also fueled the far-right's broader agenda in many Western countries.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
That has reignited a national debate over land reform in a country where the legacy of a white minority stripping its Black population of land looms large.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2025
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Kim Starkey, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
And so part of what this act allows the states to do is to support land reform.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
This narrative, amplified by figures like Trump, Musk, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio has not only distorted the reality of land reform in South Africa but has also fueled the far-right's broader agenda in many Western countries.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
That has reignited a national debate over land reform in a country where the legacy of a white minority stripping its Black population of land looms large.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for land reform
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“Land reform.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/land%20reform. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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