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Landownership Tenancy, and ...

Among those leasing in, as well as among the leasing out house-
holds, more than 60 percent arranged their land cultivation
based on sharecropping contracts (Table 6.13.; first column),
the status of pure tenant having the highest proportion (al-

most 68 percent). Renting contracts were more common
among “owner-tenant-in and out” (25 percent) in the land leas-
ing-in group, than among other statuses. A considerable pro-
portion of households who mortgage out their land was found
in the status group of “owner tenant-in-out” (28 percent), that
is some families mortgaging out land but unable to repay the
mortgage, sharecropped on rented land in, to augment family
income. On the other hand, mortgage in land was found in 17
percent of “owner tenant-in” group. Mortgage type of con-
tracts is of course much less prominent than the owner two
types in general, partly because land mortgage is, in fact,
legally prohibited according to the Basic Agrarian Law of
1960.
Looking at village variations, one thing seems clear: in all
upland villages sharecropping contracts predominate whereas
in the lowland renting contracts are relatively more common
especially in Village I and Village II (Wargabinangun and
Lanjan), although in these villages there is a considerable

proportion of households also involved in sharecropping
(Table 6.14.). Lowland Village III (Gemarang) is an exception.
Sharecropping is much more dominant, yet, a quite high
proportion of households were involved in rental contracts.
Another exception worth noting is Village IV (Sukosari) where
mortgaging was practiced by a high proportion of households,
although the absolute numbers involved was small.

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