Studies of agricultural land tenure have found that farmers working land they own outright typically invest more in long-term improvements — terracing, irrigation, soil conditioning — than farmers cultivating land under short-term leases. The pattern holds across regions and economic systems, even where leaseholders pay lower rents in exchange for accepting shorter terms.
Which choice most logically completes the text? The passage suggests that the structure of land tenure _______
- A
is identical in effect to outright ownership in all cases
- B
is unrelated to investment patterns by cultivators
- Ccheck_circle
may shape the time horizons over which agricultural decisions are made
- D
produces benefits only for landowners, never for productivity
Explanation
Investment differences correlated with tenure type across regions support B. A, C, D contradict the findings.