Public Ownership of Rural Lands Proclamation

The Proclamation stipulates that all rural lands shall be the collective property of the Ethiopian people. It abolishes private ownership of rural land and declares that Peasant Associations are in charge of the redistribution, cultivation, administration etc. of rural lands. The Proclamation details: Public Ownership of Rural Lands, Establishment of Associations for the Implementation of the Proclamation, Powers and Functions of the Minister of Land Reform and Administration, Communal and Nomadic Lands, and General Provisions.