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A basis is provided for policy recommendations on the agrarian problem & the agri'al development problem in Latin America. The data & ideas presented were drawn from recent studies done under the auspices of the Interamer Committee of Agri'al Development in 1966 & to a lesser extent from res now conducted in Chile by the Agrarian Reform Training & Res Instit. The paper covers: (A) Agri'al policy in Latin Americathe clienteles of agri'al policy; agri'al policy & admin'ive instit's; beneficiaries of some agri'al policies: credit, public investments, land tenure & labor policy, tax policy, educ'al policy, price & marketing policies. (B) The agrarian problemsthe traditional agrarian structure: origins, land tenure, Ru soc & pol'al org, econ incentives; pressures on the traditional agrarian structure: causes of disequilibrium, increase, technological change & Ur'ization, changing values, groups involved. (C) The agri'al development problem-obstacles to increasing farm incomes: limited resources, backwardness of agri'al technology, inadequate services for the farmers' market & price policies; alternative job opportunities for the farm pop: migration to other farming areas, Ru/Ur migration. (D) Agrarian reform & agri'al development policies-effects of agrarian reform on agri'al production; reform & income distribution; agrarian reform & soc structure; agrarian reform & agri'al policy. Tables & a Bibliog. A. Peskin.