Section 3
Agriculture
Art. 163
(1) 1 The freedom of land shall be guaranteed 2 Farmers shall not be bound to the land
(2) The land used for agriculture and forestry of all sizes shall serve the people as a whole
(3) The ownership of land by farmers shall be guaranteed
(4) 1 Farmland shall not be used for other purposes 2 The purchase of land used for agriculture and forestry shall depend on proof of sustainability for proper husbandry, it must not be used as a mere capital investment
(5) Expropriations of agricultural and forestry land shall only be admissible for urgent purposes of the common good, in particular for settlement, in return for an appropriate compensation and in a manner preserving the model farms and model undertakings
Art. 164
(1) The agricultural population shall be guaranteed a decent income on their inherited land by means of application of the technological progress in their area of life, improvement of their vocational training, maintaining the agricultural cooperatives and the furtherance of the production and sales
(2) 1 An appropriate income from agriculture shall be ensured by prices and wages corresponding to the general economic situation and by market regulations 2 These market regulations shall be based on agreements between the organisations of the producers, distributors, and consumers
Art. 165
Excessive indebtedness of agricultural undertakings must be prevented by the legislation as far as possible
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