The ejido [ɛxˈido] system is a process whereby the government promotes the use of communal land shared by the people of the community. This use of community land was a common practice during the time of Aztec rule in Mexico. The word Aztec is usually used as a historical term, although some contemporary Nahuatl speakers would consider themselves Aztecs. ...
It was not until the colonization of Mexico by the Spanish and other European settlers that this practice seemed to disappear and be replaced by the encomienda system. The encomienda system was abolished by the Constitution of 1917, with the promise of restoring the ejido system. This, however, did not happen until Lázaro Cárdenas became president in 1934. The purpose of restoring the ejido system was to give land back to the people and provide more food for the community. Under the ejido system, the land is owned by the government and is supported by a national bank. Huamán Poma de Ayalas picture of an encomienda indian and a encomendero The encomienda system was a trusteeship labor system used during the Spanish colonization of the Americas. ... This article is about Gen. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
According to the 1960 census, 23% of Mexico's cultivated land belonged to ejidos. 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...
The orange border between the farms resembles the character for well (井) Well-field system (Chinese: 井田制度; pinyin: ) was a Chinese land distribution method since at least 9th century BC (late Western Zhou Dynasty). ...
External links
Rural Development Institute: Ejidos and Communidades in Oaxaca, Mexico (pdf)
Centro de Investigacion y Documentacion de la Casa and Sociedad Hipotecaria: Current Housing Situation in Mexico 2005 (pdf)
University of Manchester, Department of Social Anthropology: Fantasy and Reality in Restructuring Mexico’s Land Reform (pdf)
ntil ejido land is converted to private property, foreigners cannot acquire "ownership" of ejido land in accordance with their understanding of the word "ownership".
Once the entire ejido is measured, an ejido meeting or "Asamblea" is called to assign each parcel and lot to the person the ejido recognizes as the owner.
Once the ejido legally can enter into Dominio Pleno, an ejido meeting has to be called and the members of the ejido have to agree that each individual ejido member can, from the date of the agreement, convert their parcel certificates into private property.
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 Lázaro Cárdenas.
In the Laguna District in 1936, the ejido became fact on a large scale.
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.
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