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Land Reform and Harvest

Land reform became a major national issue after the establishment of the Iraqi Republic. The programme sought to alter patterns of large landownership, improve the position of agricultural workers and broaden access to farmland in the countryside. The harvest represented the expected result of agricultural reform: stronger rural production and a more secure livelihood for farming communities. The subject linked social change with food production and presented agriculture as an essential foundation of Iraq’s economic development.