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Back|The 375 rent-reduced agricultural land has not been cultivated for more than one year. The landowner can terminate the lease and take back the land.
The 375 rent-reduced agricultural land has not been cultivated for more than one year. The landowner can terminate the lease and take back the land.
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自由时报·34 minutes ago·Society·1 min read·🇨🇳China·

The 375 rent-reduced agricultural land has not been cultivated for more than one year. The landowner can terminate the lease and take back the land.

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  • Taiwan has implemented a 375 rent reduction system for 75 years, which stipulates that if a tenant farmer fails to farm for more than a year, the landlord can terminate the lease and take back the land.
  • As the descendants of the tenant farmers no longer farm and the descendants of the landlords want to take back the land, disputes between the two parties have increased.
  • The Wandan Township Farmers Association and the township government pointed out that those who did not actually cultivate the land will face the legal consequences of having their land taken back.

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The 375 Rent Reduction Ordinance was implemented in 1951, setting the upper limit of land rent at 37.5% of the annual harvest. It was intended to reduce the burden on tenant farmers and allow the status of tenant farmers to be passed down from generation to generation. To this day, a few leases still exist.

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If the agricultural land under the 375 rent reduction policy has not been cultivated for more than one year except due to force majeure, the landowner may terminate the lease and take back the land. (Photo by reporter Ye Yongqian)

In the early days of the Japanese occupation and liberation, due to the heavy burden on tenant farmers, more than half of the harvest may have to be given to the landlords. The government implemented the "375 Farmland Rent Reduction Ordinance" in 1951. The land rent was capped at 37.5% of the annual harvest. When the lease expired, as long as the tenant farmer Heirs who are willing to continue farming can pass on their status as farmers from generation to generation. Therefore, a few leases still exist to this day. However, today is different from the past. In recent years, many descendants of landlords want to take back the land, but the successors of tenant farmers have always been unwilling to give up, causing disputes and conflicts between the two communities.

Seventy-five years of implementation

There are still a few leases

Zhang Zhilie, director-general of the Wandan Township Farmers' Association, said that the 375 rent reduction was the earliest land reform, and later it introduced land to the tiller, which allowed tenant farmers to buy farmland with less money, and the government compensated the landlords with stocks. The measures at that time improved farmers' lives, but there are still a few farmers who cannot afford to buy farmland, so they continue to use the 375 rent reduction Leasing agricultural land has been implemented for 75 years. In recent years, many tenant farmers' children or successors have stopped farming, and the landlord's descendants want to take back the land, which will cause disputes and conflicts. If the tenant farmer's successor has not actually engaged in farming for more than one year and is discovered by the landlord's descendants, they will demand to take back the leased land, so there will be lawsuits to terminate the lease and take back the land.

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No farming for more than a year

Landowner can take back

Chen Minzhe, chief secretary of the Wantan Township Office, said that all towns and villages have farmland with 375 rent reductions, but due to changes in times, some farmland has been converted into construction land or land for specific uses. If public land is to be recovered, most of the land will be recovered through an agreement at one-third of the land price. For private land, the recovery conditions will be coordinated first. If the successors of the tenant farmers do not continue farming, they will be recovered. In most cases, as long as the descendants of the landlord find out and provide sufficient evidence, the successors of the tenant farmers have a high chance of being repossessed.

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  • ?How much farmland under the 375 rent reduction is still being cultivated in Taiwan?
  • ?After the landowners take back the land, for what purpose is it mostly used?
  • ?Is there a compensation mechanism to assist the successors of tenant farmers who have lost their farming rights?

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  • Taiwan has implemented a 375 rent reduction system for 75 years, which stipulates that if a tenant farmer fails to farm for more than a year, the landlord can terminate the lease and take back the land.
  • As the descendants of the tenant farmers no longer farm and the descendants of the landlords want to take back the land, disputes between the two parties have increased.
  • The Wandan Township Farmers Association and the township government pointed out that those who did not actually cultivate the land will face the legal consequences of having their land taken back.

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