As land represents more than half of the investment in agriculture in the United States, it follows that the nature of its ownership is related to the public interest. Our national supplies of food and fiber depend upon the output of the land. Title to it as he wishes. He may let it lie idle or exploit it. Also, the rights of ownership it confers upon the owner the right to use he may cultivate it; he may conserve it or provide the basis for the sharing of its returns. Data covering the ownership of farms by operators are available from the Censuses of Agriculture as far back as 1880.

Land use policy unquestionably requires information about land ownership. During the Congressional debate on the Land Use Policy and Planning Assistance Act of 1972, Senator Henry Jackson of Washington recognized the need for land ownership information when he said: "Rational land use planning would be impossible without knowledge of patterns of land ownership within a given area." (1) Yet this information is not generally available for the planning process.

Farm Management, Land Economics/Use,

A natural propensity was found which indicates that most agricultural producers believe their land will be operated by one or more of their children when they retire. But results also indicate that producers will be responsive to selling their land for development if urban housing offers a higher return. Land Economics/Use,

Agricultural contribution to GDP in Malaysia has been declining since 1970. The usages of agricultural land are also gradually decreasing. Even within the total agricultural area, most of the land has been used for industrial crops, and the ratio between industrial crops and food crops is increasing. Paddy is the main food crop in Malaysia, but as a low rate of productivity, farmers are engaged on part time basis.

Census, surveys and research studies conventionally identify three tenure classes -owner-operators, part-tenants and tenants - in Bangladesh. Some sources identify two more classes-part-operators and absentee owners. Conceptual deficiencies of these 3 or 5 type tenure classifications are discussed and alternative conceptual framework is suggested for identifying and classifying tenure relationship. Applying the suggested framework, 17 different tenure relations were identified in a sample of 385 farms.

Agricultural Credit, Land Ownership, Young and Beginning Farmers, Agricultural Finance, Farm Management, Land Economics/Use, Q14, H24, H25,

The study aims is to develop the land and free tenure concept on public land of Sigalangan village, South Tapanuli with custom base Dalihan no tolu. This study may provide the basis for constructing a system of incentives within planting frees by the community. The method Used is to determine the land and free tenure rights refers to the Rapid appraisal of Social forestry for land and free tenure. This method is used to determine the pattern of land and free tenure prevailing in Society. Land and tree tenure Security observed by the people's rights in the land and free.

Demand and Price Analysis, International Relations/Trade, Land Economics/Use,

Recent increases in farm real estate values in the U.S. have increased farm equity in the form of unrealized capital gains. Exploiting periods of high and low appreciation that caused different increases in wealth for farmers owning different shares of their farmland, we examine if U.S. grain farmers expanded their acres harvested or acres owned in response to an increase in their land wealth. We find that land wealth had little effect on farm size. However, for farms of a similar size, owning 10 percentage points more land increased the growth rate of land owned by 2 percentage points.

This article examines the seminal 1992 United States Supreme Court decision, Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council, 1 specifically focusing on the Lucas nuisance exception. I surveyed approximately 1,600 reported regulatory takings cases decided since the Lucas decision involving Lucas takings challenges. I identified the statutory nuisance cases in which state and local governments unsuccessfully asserted the Lucas nuisance exception as a defense to the courts' findings of a Lucas taking.

Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan mengkaji : (1) gambaran volume kasus yang ada, (2) mengetahui mekanisme terjadinya penguasaan tanah oleh warga negara asing dan (3) mengetahui sistem pengawasan dan pengendalian yang efektif. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan: (1) Inventarisasi data yang dilakukan di Kantor Pertanahan di 7 Lokasi penelitian menunjukkan penguasaan tanah oleh warga Negara Asing melalui Hak Pakai sangat rendah, dan hanya terdapat di Provinsi Bali.