ALTA or NTLA : what's in the name? : land tenure dilemma and the Fiji sugar industry
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Date
2001Author
Lal, Padma
Lim-Applegate, Hazel
Reddy, Mahendra
Publisher
Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Since 1997, the agricultural leases on Native land, issued under the 1976 Agricultural and Landlord Tenants Act (ALTA), began to expire. The sugar industry is the main commodity export earner for Fiji, directly contributing about 22% of the national GDP and supporting over 25% of the country’s active labor force. Fiji exports 80% of its sugar production, earning on average of $250-300 million in foreign exchange annually. Several options have been suggested, including: non-renewal of leases, with the land reverting to Fijian owners; renewal of ALTA but with land rents pegged to the gross value of production instead of the unimproved capital value; sharecropping and contract wage arrangements; and abolishment of lease arrangement under ALTA with leases to be issued under an institutional arrangement guided by the Native Lands Trust Act (NLTA).
Subject
Land tenure Government policy Fiji
Landlord and tenant Fiji
Land tenure Economic aspects Fiji
Agricultural laws and legislation Fiji
Leases Fiji
Sugar trade Fiji
Sugarcane industry Economic aspects Fiji
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http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/21953Description
iii, 35 p.