Settlingthe Conflicts of Land Property between Cultivators and Non-Cultivators in Farm Ownership in North Sumatera

Abstract

This article aimed to elaborate the conflict of land property in North Sumatera by using Paige’s theory in its adjudication, in which the two parties (the cultivator and non-cultivator) are separated. North Sumatera faces high land property conflict cases because it has such complicated land ownership historical records. Estate occupancyhas occurred in several cases, from customary ownership to corporation possession in land consessions, in form ofleadership-political model. The consessionsled to capitalist economic development and resulted in the migration of people from many other regions to play a role in this development. This study used the sociological-historical method in reviewing the conflict and applied Paige’s theory in resolving it. The current data are combined with the historical ones. Then, the data are classified into types and impacts of those conflicts. The results showed that the conflicts tend to be on agrarian revolt and reform commodity movement. Therefore, the settlement had to focus on the income of the cultivators and non-cultivators to illustrate the level of conflict happened. In that way, the policy makers can determine proper regulations and resolve the conflicts with the equittable solutions for both parties.