Metayage

The Metayage system (French: métayage, Spanish: aparcería, Italian: mezzadria) is the cultivation of land for a proprietor by one who receives a proportion of the produce, as a kind of sharecropping. Another class of land tenancy in France is named fermage, whereby the rent is paid annually in banknotes.

Metayage

The Metayage system (French: métayage, Spanish: aparcería, Italian: mezzadria) is the cultivation of land for a proprietor by one who receives a proportion of the produce, as a kind of sharecropping. Another class of land tenancy in France is named fermage, whereby the rent is paid annually in banknotes.