Africa, In 1913 the Natives Land Act reserved 90% of the country for whites, who then made up 21% of the population.
China, by the 1920s, a tenth of the population owned over seven-tenths of the arable land. Followed by killings, “people’s communes”, “hukou”, “dipiao” & still evolving.
Japan, land committees on which tenants outnumbered landlords oversaw a reapportionment that took land from 2m households and gave it to 4m others.
Taiwan, the share of land tilled by the owner rose from just over 30% in 1945 to 64% in 1960.
India saw movement like Bhoodan, Gramdan, Barga, (also some violence) with limited success in pockets. Communists in Kerala & West Bengal earned vote bank for life time. Rest, nothing has improved farmer’s conditions.
It’s time to relook the policy of “Only farmer can buy land from a farmer”. Atleast it will hike the prices of farm land. If required, states can maintain restrictions on land use. Let there be overall capping on ownership. But, let farmer get the right price of land & let him move out of farming if he wants. Let new educated entrepreneurs try farming.
Let’s appreciate Mr Yedurappa for taking lead on same. Hope it brings prosperity for state & people. It’s time for other states to follow Karnataka.