Rural Life•The authority provided l

Rural Life
•The authority provided land and capital resources, housing and professional and financial support, and planned the basic structure of the settlement and the farm units, and the settlers provided the labourresources and assumed responsibility for the organization and management of the community(Ruppin, 1925).
•The land remained national property and was given to the settlers on the basis of a long-term renewable lease.
•The authority supported the settlements until they reached the stage of self-sufficiency.
•Most of these planned settlements are organized as cooperative societies and registered as legal entities