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Definition of Sharecropping
1. Noun. The act of being a tenant farmer, especially in the southern United States, who farms the land in exchange for a portion of the crops. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of sharecrop) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sharecropping
1. sharecrop [v] - See also: sharecrop
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sharecropping
Literary usage of Sharecropping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Groundwater Markets in Pakistan: Participation and Productivity by Ruth Suseela Meinzen-Dick (1996)
"sharecropping contracts for tubewell water are only applied to tomato, onion,
... The use of sharecropping contracts for provision of water in Dir may ..."
2. Contemporary Forms of Slavery in Pakistan by Farhad Karim (1995)
"The most common types of tenancy contract in Pakistan are sharecropping and ...
Under sharecropping, the rent is a contracted percentage (usually half) of ..."
3. Strategies for Sustainable Land Management in the East African Highlands by J. Pender, Frank Place, S. Ehui (2006)
"can be easily monitored (or is costlessly enforceable), then a sharecropping
arrangement can be as efficient as owner-cultivated or fixed-fee tenancy ..."
4. The Cornerstone of Development: Integrating Environmental, Social, and by Jamie Schnurr, Susan Holtz (1998)
"... a class of absentee landowners emerged. These original allottees leased their
land to poor farmers on a sharecropping basis. sharecropping in the ..."
5. Unequal Protection: The State Response to Violent Crime on South African Farms by Human Rights Watch (Organization)., Human Rights Watch (Organization (2001)
"... especially sharecropping and cash tenancy, and turn all Africans on white
farms into wage laborers, or, as a second best, labor tenants. ..."
6. Role of Farm-Level Diversification in the Adoption of Modern Technology in by Marc Nerlove, Stephen Vosti, Wesley Basel (1996)
"Stable farms are least likely to be involved in sharecropping arrangements and
are well above other groups in total output. Average modern input use is ..."
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