<Tr> <Td> Agriculture and agronomy portal </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Sharecropping is a form of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on their portion of land . Sharecropping has a long history and there are a wide range of different situations and types of agreements that have used a form of the system . Some are governed by tradition, and others by law . Legal contract systems such as the Italian mezzadria, the French métayage, the Spanish mediero, or the Islamic system of muqasat, occur widely . </P>

Which of the following best describes the practice of sharecropping