briantroy
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Ejido?
Can someone please tell me if the "EJ" I have seen posted on street signs preceding such places as Erendira mean Ejido?
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wilderone
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Yes
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bajalou
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Some of the signs only have a "E" if they are short of room for the whole name.
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synch
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What is the literal meaning of Ejido?
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David K
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I hope Jesse or Antonio will reply... The short answer is it is a government established farming cooperative. A way to get the land developed by
peasants, who then share, in common, ownership.
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elgatoloco
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ejido means common land in Mexico, agricultural land expropriated from large private holdings and redistributed to communal farms.
Communal ownership of land had been widely practiced by the Aztecs, but the institution was in decline before the Spanish arrived. The conquistadors
instituted the encomienda , which was superseded by the repartimiento and finally, after independence (1821), by debt peonage. Although legally
abolished by the constitution of 1917, which provided for the restoration of the ejido, peonage remained a general practice until the presidency of
L?zaro C?rdenas . In the Laguna District in 1936, the ejido became fact on a large scale.
The intent of the ejido system is to remedy the social injustice of the past and to increase production of subsistence foods. The land is owned by the
government, and the ejido is financed by a special national bank which supplies the necessary capital for reclamation, improvement, initial seeding,
and so forth. In effect, the bank has replaced the colonial encomendero, with this difference?the laborer is paid on the basis of unit work
accomplished.
[Edited on 10-28-2004 by elgatoloco]
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viabaja
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Elgatoloco,
A most comprehesive review of the term "ejido". Very good! The amount (used to be) was/is 400 hectares of land. A well and structure (4 walls or
whatever) constituted ownership.
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Bruce R Leech
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Ejido
Ejido is a word that you dont want to see on any of your paper work when byeing or leasing. in Mexico
Bruce R Leech Mulege Baja
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