Importance of agrarian reform

49. Local food production is often hampered by poor land distribution and irrational land use. Over half the population in developing countries are landless and this proportion is continually growing(⁷²). Even though virtually all the developing countries have agrarian reform policies, few of them have actually implemented them. Moreover, the agricultural land used by the multinational food corporations are almost solely used to feed the populations of the North. The exploitation of these lands is causing the depletion and exhaustion of the land. It is urgently necessary to embark upon a "bold reform of the structures and new models of relations between governments and peoples(⁷³)."