government land

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It is a dramatic turnaround for a sector that crashed to 48,000 tonnes in 2008 in the wake of a botched government land reform programme that led to the seizure of hundreds of commercial farms.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

He wants to rapidly expand emergency shelters on unused government land “so that people living in encampments have somewhere safe to go immediately.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

"In the meantime, the government has started looking for alternative government land to resettle the villagers," he added.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2025

It used government land in the West to help finance the Union Pacific-Central Pacific and Northern Pacific railroads.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023

Between the years 1850 and 1860 a large part of the government land was sold to the common people in small tracts at nominal prices.

From The Hawaiian Islands Their Resources, Agricultural, Commercial and Financial by Hawaii. Dept. of Foreign Affairs