What describes a land tenure reform in PKP and its consequences for agriculture?

• A. A policy that intensified private land ownership with no changes in productivity.
• B. A policy that kept land tenure the same but increased subsidies.
• C. A land reform policy redistributed land and impacted productivity, equity, and farm structures.
• D. A reform that abolished private farms altogether.

Answer: (C)

Land tenure reform is about changing who owns and controls land and how farming is organized. In the PKP era, this meant redistributing land from large estates to peasant households, which changed both who farms the land and how farming is run. As a result, farm structures shifted toward many smaller plots or new forms like cooperatives or state-managed farms, and the effects touched both equity and productivity. More land redistributed to peasants improved access and fairness, but productivity outcomes varied depending on factors like plot size, access to credit and inputs, and managerial arrangements. So a reform that redistributed land and affected productivity, equity, and farm structures best captures what happened.