The possession of a large area of land is called latifundia, the structures they possess are rustic since it is dedicated to the agricultural exploitation of that immense portion of land, despite this its potential is not always used 100% anymore. that they are so large that the staff cannot cope with a totally efficient job; the person who owns one or several large estates is called a large estate owner.
There is no measure in terms of hectares to concisely define what is considered or not as a large estate, that is, the numbers may vary depending on the nation in which it is located as well as depending on the use that is being given to that portion of Earth; In a continent such as Europe, a farm that has more than 100 hectares is classified as a large estate, while in Latin America the hectares necessary to consider a large estate greatly exceeds this amount, then exceeding 10,000 hectares of land in agricultural exploitation, if the owner owns a farm of this size but only exploits less than 200 hectares is recognized as a " smallholding " despite its large size.
In this way, it can be described that a large estate is a property of an extensive portion of land, but to catalog it itself, a main base is the exploitation that is given to this land, therefore the concepts of extension and use are not correlated. For other nations the latifundio has a meaning totally contrary to the above, large portions of land with minimal exploitation and represents one of the main causes in the economy of a nation, showing then large amounts of land with scarce labor force, i NFRASTRUCTURE low performance and technology and of course with a minimum operating with respect to that portion which has to offer.
A political measure in search of solving the practice of large estates is the application of an agrarian reform, in which it is stated that if the use or exploitation is not being given due to a large amount of land, it will be subject to expropriation by part of the state.
