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Farmers don't have to buy lands to farm.
How about renting lands? Or the farmers could organize and move into forest or "no man's land" to farm.
I sometimes wonder why farmers don't take that risk to cut cost. They could even build temporary homes there to live close to the farms.
Renting the lands causes them to not get any profits because their landlords will be demanding large amount of money to pay for their lease on the land. This is evident in my country with a lot of farmers doing farm works in someone's land just to have something to eat for the day. They can't afford the risk because most farmers are illiterate and most people that try to help them are either using them for someone's agenda or they are being exploited, and if they take the risk that means that they are laying their families life on the line, a lot of farmers have been killed because they want some changes in their way of life.
How about just sharing part of the agric products with the land owners? If renting is a problem, maybe they could agree with the land owners to share 10-30% of what comes out of their farm.
I think lots of the landowners will wish the lands produce bountifully to have bountiful share of the farm produce.