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The ‘new’ African customary land tenure. Characteristic, features and policy implications of a new paradigm

open access: yesLand Use Policy, 2019
Most of the land in sub-Saharan Africa is governed under various forms of customary tenure. Over the past three decades a quiet paradigm shift has been taking place transforming the way such landl is governed.
Admos Chimhowu
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Research on the Influence Mechanism of Land Tenure Security on Farmers’ Cultivated Land Non-Grain Behavior

open access: yesAgriculture, 2022
Cultivated land planting structure is directly related to China’s food security. The Central Rural Work Conference in 2021 pointed out that to ensure food security, attention should be paid to the adjustment of planting structure.
Jizhou Zhang   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effects of the Systematic Cluster Approach (SCA) and Rural Land Plans (RLPs) on Land Tenure Security for Agricultural Household: Insight from Benin (West Africa)

open access: yesLand, 2022
Rural land plans (RLP) and the systematic cluster approach (SCA) are the two main approaches used in Benin to secure rural land tenure. However, the contributions of these approaches to land tenure security in rural communities are mixed.
Inoussa Guinin Asso   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Land Tenure Security and Health Nexus: A Conceptual Framework for Navigating the Connections between Land Tenure Security and Health

open access: yesLand, 2021
The rise of urban populations has rendered cities in both developed and developing countries vulnerable to poor health and diseases that are associated with urban living conditions and environments.
W. Dachaga, W. D. de Vries
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Does insecure land tenure deter investment? Evidence from a randomized controlled trial

open access: yesJournal of Development Economics, 2021
There is broad agreement among the most prominent observational studies that tenure insecurity deters investment. We present new experimental evidence testing this proposition: a land certification program randomized across villages in Zambia.
H. Huntington, A. Shenoy
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Determinants of land tenure security among small-holder farmers in rural Kenya: An ordered probit analysis

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences, 2023
Land tenure security is key to rural transformation, diversification, increased agricultural production, and environmental sustainability. However, its determinants are still unclear, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where land tenure insecurity ...
Joseph Jabu Mbudzya   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Land tenure legislation and soil security concerns in Cameroon

open access: yesSoil Security, 2022
This chapter explores the interface between land tenure rights and soil security and screens through the Cameroonian land tenure legislation in order to identify relevant provisions that guarantee soil security.
Christopher Funwie Tamasang
doaj   +1 more source

The Rush to the Peripheries: Land Rights and Tenure Security in Peri-Urban Ethiopia

open access: yesLand, 2021
As the global population continues to urbanize, increasing pressure is put upon urban centers and the carrying capacity of the already built-up areas. One way to meet these demands is horizontal expansion, which requires new lands to become incorporated ...
Addiswork Tilahun Teklemariam   +1 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Investment Impacts of Gendered Land Rights in Customary Tenure Systems: Substantive and Methodological Insights from Malawi

open access: yesPolicy Research Working Papers, 2021
Compared with the vast literature on the investment and productivity effects of land rights formalization, little attention has been paid to the impact of variation in individuals’ tenure security under customary tenure regimes.
K. Deininger   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Indicators for Measuring Spatial Justice and Land Tenure Security for Poor and Low Income Urban Dwellers

open access: yesLand, 2018
There exist various indicators that measure land tenure security for urbanites. Most of those indicators measure the degree to which land titling promotes the security of tenure. Based on the reviewed literature, it is admitted that land titling is not a
Ernest Uwayezu, Walter T. de Vries
doaj   +1 more source

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