Four years ago, angry and frustrated, they abandoned communal farming and broke up the hacienda into small family plots.
At Chisumbanje, a 4000 hectare new irrigation scheme is being developed for communal farming.
Some Russians may be reluctant to give up the idea of communal farming, which goes far back in Russian history.
Both undertook vast experiments in collective and communal farming, converting their countries to a planned economy.
But his background is in construction work, warehousing and communal farming, and at age 65, he clearly occupies a low rung on the shamanist ladder.
It further has the advantage of combining communal and commercial farming in the same region.
Kombit refers to the Haitian tradition of communal farming and feasting.
Until recently, the Eskaya practised a form of communal farming in which a portion of land was tilled for the benefit of the whole community.
A massive increase in production was to be accomplished through communal farming, such as Nyerere argued was the practice in the old days.
Kombit refers to the Haitian tradition of communal farming and feasting, and so the dining room is decorated with agrarian scenes.