Taiwan history/The land reform
Taiwan's 1950s land reform was a peaceful, three-stage government program that capped farm rents at 37.5%, sold public lands to farmers, and enacted the "Land to the Tiller" act in 1953. It boosted rural incomes, reduced tenancy, and helped shift landlord capital toward national industrial growth.
37.5% Rent Reduction (1949)
[edit | edit source]Capped annual farm rental payments at 37.5% of the total main crop yield, down from 50% or higher. It also required written contracts to protect tenants from arbitrary eviction.
Land-to-the-Tiller Act (1953)
[edit | edit source]Forced large private landowners to sell excess holdings to the state, which then resold them directly to the farmers who worked them.