Instead of saving the family farm, the policy is destroying it, encouraging agricultural land consolidation and raising barriers to entry.

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The land consolidation program will provide individual Indians with an opportunity to consolidate and transfer divided ownership interests to their tribal governments, where they will remain in trust for the benefit of tribal communities.

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Without some consolidation of land, Chinese farming cannot be efficient.

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To better avail itself of many modern advantages, agriculture needs scale, and that means consolidation of plots through freedom to buy and sell land.

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Robin Brims, the British land war commander, briefed him on a plan, which foresees the consolidation of allied control over the city in a matter of days and then a British push north on Highway 6.

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