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ancy status of the other five groups changed only slightly be-
tween the two seasons. Overall, however, in the dry season of
1983, while the number of pure owner operators and the num-
ber of pure tenants increased, compare to that in the previous

season (compare the last row and the first column, Table 6.12.).
Partly, this stability in tenancy status (during one year)
may be explained by the duration of rental and mortgage ar-
rangements which almost invariably extend for a year or more.
But it should be noted also that plots of land may change sta-
tuses between seasons – in particular more plots being culti-
vated by tenants in the more risk prone dry season – while
tenancy status is contant.
Among the changing statuses, proportionally the highest
change occurred in the category of “owner-tenant-in” (that is
those landowners who also cultivate others land in the wet
season): 9,2 percent of these households were no longer in
that category (18 households became owner operators) in the
dry season of 1983 (Table 6.12.). Another change is the small
shift in ownership status. While there was only one household
who has pure landless in the wet season who became non-
operator owner in the dry season, there were two owners who
sold their land and became pure landless in the dry season

1983. One was from the status or owner operator, the other
was from the category of owner-tenant-out (see rows 1 and 3).
One more point is that seven of those who were pure landless
in the dry season.

4. Tenancy Status and Tenancy Contracts
Overall, sharecropping contracts are predominant.

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