the redistribution of land to the rural poor for equity and agricultural efficiency purposes.
the redistribution of landholdings usually done by taking over large estates/plantations and dividing into smaller units suitable for individual farmers
the redistribution of land by the government to those who actually work the land
Land reform (also agrarian reform, though that can have a broader meaning) is an often-controversial alteration in the societal arrangements whereby government administers possession and use of land. Land reform may consist of a government-initiated or government-backed real estate property redistribution, generally of agricultural land, or be part of an even more revolutionary program that may include forcible removal of an existing government that is seen to oppose such reforms.