text: they're pretty similar actually...farm tenancy is a person who lives on farm land owned by a landlord. The rights the tenant has over the land, and the form of payment, varies across different systems. In some systems, he could be evicted at whim (tenancy at will); in others, he signs a contract for a fixed number of years (tenancy for years or indenture).\n\nSharecropping is actually a form of tenant farming.  The people who are sharecroppers do not own any of the land they have...they basically grow items on the land and whatever profit they make off of it they give about 1/3 of it back to the owner.  This practice was mostly done after the civil war when plantation owners figured this would be a good practice to make a profit and keep their land tended to without losing their help.  \n\nBut anyway, I hope this little bit helps...