What was impact of the colonial agrarian on farmers
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The effects of colonial agrarian policies on peasants and landlords were as follows -
-The agrarian structure was feudal in nature. The feudals formed the surplus appropriating class and the peasants, the cultivating class.
-Land was not private property as understood today, but the peasants had hereditary and customary rights for land cultivation.
-The land revenue exacted from the peasants varied between 1 /3rd to 1/5th of the, gross produce. The land revenue was payable to the King, directly or through his intermediaries who were the chiefs, the assignees, the grantees, the revenue farmers.
-They maximized revenue collection to the extent possible.
- The concept of private property was thought to increase agricultural production and productivity and thereby, ensuring revenue stability for government.