The problems of industrialised countries have impeded the proper implementation of agrarian reforms. The problems are discussed in detail in the following sections.
Agrarian Reform
Agrarian reform can be defined as a wide change in the agrarian system of a country to improve the performance of the land and associated agricultural activities, like distribution of land, setting up agricultural training programs and consolidation of land. Agrarian reform directs at the overall positive modification of agrarian system of the country.
Agrarian Reform: Problems and Present Scenario in Industrial Countries
Agrarian structural variances exist in many industrial countries of the world that limit the growth of agrarian system as well as the socioeconomic development of those countries. The major problems of the industrial countries relating to the implementation of agrarian reform are as follows:
- Negligence: The significance of agrarian reforms in industrial countries is less than other developing countries of the world. This is because of the fact that in industrial countries, industries get more importance than other sectors. Industrial countries have enough necessary technologies, instruments and institutions to implement agrarian reforms. Despite having these advantages of implementing agrarian reform step by step, industrial countries neglect this idea of initiating agrarian reform primarily because of political pressures.
- Mechanization: Rapid growth of mechanization impede the growth of agrarian reforms in industrial countries.
- Inter-dependence: With the introduction of new technologies, industrial countries started to use fertilizers, pesticides and high quality seeds. All these farm inputs are the products of industries. The agricultural sector required to purchase these firm inputs from industrial sectors and eventually promoted interdependence. Interdependence restricted the agrarian system to reform independently.
- Urbanization also impeded the growth of agrarian reform in industrial countries.
In most of the industrial countries, industrialization started to develop much before the implementation of agrarian system. This was because at the beginning of industrialization, the population density was poor leading to low dependance on the agricultural sector for food or other items.