Land reform is generally defined as relating to the modification of laws, regulations or customs, relating to land ownership. This generally includes the allocation of property or land rights. These transfers could be from a small landowner to government-owned cooperative plots or vice versa. Land reform is an extreme political progression that could cause tension and conflict between individuals involved in the redevelopments, usually stemming from the discontent of the losing side. The political aspect of reform is very difficult to avoid given the consequences of changes in land tenure on the social and class structure they represent. Land reform has both advantages and disadvantages. One of the most common and targeted benefits of land reform is that it helps provide goods to individuals who would not otherwise be able to acquire them. This does not imply that everyone should have the same amount of everything, but that things should be shared so that there is not such an imbalance that there is a noticeable difference. What the program states in most cases is that everyone should have the ability and opportunity to acquire property and own land. This will not only be beneficial for the country but also for the natives. Many rural people experiencing poverty depend on agricultural work for their livelihoods and means of subsistence. While they may not have legal rights to the land they farm, or circumstances force them to work as hired labor on large government-owned farms. Thus, through land reform, redistribution of land to farmers who produce crops on a small scale can go a long way in relieving them from poverty. When individuals who live in the middle of an industrialized nation: there has been in the past, today and in the future, there is always a need to ensure food security for the public. Since this will not be possible through old-fashioned farming, the role of the modern commercial farmer must be considered. Works cited: Aliber, Michael and Ben Cousins. 2013. Livelihoods after land reform in South Africa. Journal of Agrarian Change. 13, no. 1:140-165. Cousins, B. 2009. Land reform in South Africa. Journal of Agrarian Change. 9, no. 3: 421-431.2011. After apartheid: reinventing South Africa? Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. De Wet, Chris. 1994. Resettlement and land reform in South Africa. Review of African Political Economy. 21, no. 61:359-373. Yanou, Michael 2009. Land dispossession and access in South Africa: an African perspective. Mankon, Bamenda: Langaa Research & Pub. CIGARETTE.