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APARCERA [1 record]

Record 1 2003-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Management and Policy
  • Agricultural Economics
OBS

Often the term "metayer" derived from French "métayer", is used in reference to the French system of sharecropping.

Key term(s)
  • share farmer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion et politique agricole
  • Économie agricole
CONT

(Le métayage est un système d'exploitation rurale) dans lequel le métayer exploite un domaine, la métairie, en utilisant le cheptel et l'outillage fournis par le propriétaire, et est rémunéré en nature par le partage des récoltes avec lui, d'où un revenu variable (qui s'oppose au revenu fixe du fermier).

Key term(s)
  • métayère

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión y política agrícola
  • Economía agrícola
Key term(s)
  • aparcera
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