Just 1, 000 of these commercial farms have been purchased by the government as part of its land reform program, and white farmers must offer the government first refusal on any sale of land.

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Zimbabwe's violent land-reform program drove most of the country's white commercial farmers off their land.

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The land-reform program initiated by Corazon Aquino, tolerated by Fidel Ramos and supposedly supported by Estrada seeks to break the aristocracy's grip on real estate and give farmers a stake in their own destiny.

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This settlement, where fruit gathering is the only form of production permitted, is part of a program of agrarian reform designated for poor families who depend on the land for survival.

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The people implementing the reform program sometimes yield to pressure from local politicians or worry more about their own tenure than land tenure.

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