This article is based on three previous studies about land tenancy in the regions covered by the Integrated Rural Development Program (DRI) of Córdoba (1986), Sucre and Atlántico (1987). It discusses the main ideas, concerning the agrarian reform, found in these studies, as follows: 1. the...

This paper makes a recount from 1874 as far as today, of the politics which the Colombian state has intended to modify the agrarian structure in this country. Last century colonization laws, the 1936's 200 Law, the 1961's 135 Law and, in short, the more recent projects are presented, both the...