Tenant Farming

Definition

Tenant farming is an agricultural production system in which landowners contribute their land and often a measure of operating capital and management, while tenant farmers contribute their labor along with at times varying amounts of capital and management.

Related terms

Sharecropping: A system where a farmer tends some portion of a planter's land in return for a share of the crops.

Agricultural Revolution: The transformation of agriculture that resulted in increased productivity due to mechanization and new methods.

Feudalism: A social system that existed in Europe during the Middle Ages where peasants worked on lands owned by lords in exchange for protection; it's similar to tenant farming but within different historical contexts.