Abstract
The demise of the agricultural tenancy as the preponderant form of land tenure in England and Wales, expressed either in number of tenancies or area of farmland subject to tenancy, has become a matter of growing comment and concern. The most rigorous study of this phenomenon was undertaken by the Committee of Inquiry into the Acquisition and Occupancy of Agricultural Land, appointed by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in 1977 under the chairmanship of the Rt. Hon. Lord Northfield. However, to some extent, this Committee, and certainly the majority of subsequent commentators, have failed to take account of the behavioural determinants of the agricultural tenancy. This paper considers some of the behavioural characteristics of the agricultural tenancy which contributed to its successful establishment yet which have failed to prevent its dominance from being eroded under the pressure of modern social and economic conditions.
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