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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Fields of Study > economics > environmental economics > natural resource economics > land economics > land tenure > farm tenancy > sharecropping
Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry > economics > environmental economics > natural resource economics > land economics > land tenure > farm tenancy > sharecropping
Preferred Term:

sharecropping

Definition:
A farm leasing agreement in which both landowner and tenant farmer receive a share of the harvested crop. The farmowner contributes farmland and farm buildings, whereas the tenant provides labor and equipment and usually resides on the farm. Both may share the cost of farm inputs such as seed, fertilizers and pesticides; the risk from variation in crop prices and yields is also shared, as compared with cash rents.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
farm tenancy
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • share cropping
  • crop sharing
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/39525
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-01-19, last modified 2012-11-30
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