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Land tenure and the adoption of agricultural technology in Haiti: [PDF]

There has long been an active debate in Haiti - as in many other developing countries - over whether or not the customary tenure system constrains technology adoption and agricultural development, and whether cadaster and land titling should be national ...
Bannister, Michael, Smucker, Glenn R., White, T. Anderson   +2 more
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China's rural development challenges: land tenure reform and local institutional experimentation [PDF]

, 2010
Despite its unprecedented achievements in rural development, China remains a lower-middle income country. Unsound practices in farmland use and management have contributed to farmland loss, rising social conflicts and deprivation of the landless, which ...
Zhao, Yongjun,, Zhao, Yongjun
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Back to Work! Perceived Overqualification, Proactive Helping Behaviors, and Work Adjustment Among Reentering Mothers

Journal of Organizational Behavior, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the present study, we investigate the impact of perceived overqualification on the return‐to‐work process following maternity leave. Based on Person‐Environment (P‐E) fit theory's underutilized carryover mechanism, we hypothesized that returning mothers experiencing perceived overqualification would “carry over” their excess abilities to ...
Lisa Boenke, Maike E. Debus, Christiane Spitzmueller, Patricia Pálffy, Stefanie Philipp   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Women's land rights in the transition to individualized ownership [PDF]

This study explores the impact of changes in land tenure institutions on women's land rights and the efficiency of tree resource management in Western Ghana.
Payongayong, Ellen, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Otsuka, Keijiro, Aidoo, J. B.   +3 more
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Is quinoa‐farming sustainable in marginal environments? Social, economical and environmental aspects

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is an Andean grain crop introduced as a novel crop to many parts of the world in recent years. Recognized for nutritious seeds and high abiotic stress tolerance, it has been promoted as an element of climate‐resilient agriculture, particularly in marginal environments.
Anna Tabea Mengen, Damir Esenaliev, Jakhongir Babadjanov, Lukas John, Sandra M. Schmöckel, Botir Khaitov   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Land redistribution, tenure insecurity, and intensity of production: a study of farm households in southern Ethiopia [PDF]

"This study analyzes the determinants of land tenure insecurity and its impact on intensity of use of purchased farm inputs among households in Southern Ethiopia. Seventeen percent of the households stated that they were tenure insecure.
Yohannes, Hailu, Holden, Stein
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Impacts of Climate Change on Food Security: Land Management–Based Strategies Within a Nature‐Based Solutions Framework

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change poses serious threats to food security by affecting agricultural production processes in multiple ways. This study aims to analyze land management–based solution strategies that can be developed in response to this threat and presents a systematic and holistic framework through the relationship these strategies establish with ...
Nihal Genc, H. Ebru Colak
wiley   +1 more source

Policies for improved food security : the roles of land tenure policies and land markets [PDF]

, 2017
This chapter is written for the European Commission for a book to be published by Springer on The Role of Smallholder Farms in Food and Nutrition Security.
Holden, Stein Terje, Holden, Stein T
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Globalizing Comparative Public Administration With Integrative Contextualization: State Autonomy in the Developmental Path of Hong Kong and Singapore

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The lack of a common variable for comparison has been a major obstacle to the development of Comparative Public Administration (CPA). State autonomy enables an integrative contextualization approach, allowing both the analysis of contextual individual country experiences and the generation of generalized comparable knowledge.
Wilson Wong
wiley   +1 more source

How Has South Africa’s Land Reform Policy Performed from 1994 to 2024? Insights from a Review of Literature

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South Africa’s land reform program is a cornerstone of efforts to redress historical injustices, guided by the 1997 White Paper on Land Reform Policy and structured around restitution, redistribution, and tenure reform. Three decades into implementation,
Walter Shiba, Mamakie Lungwana, Khaled Abutaleb, Manana Mamabolo, Tribute Jabulile Mboweni, Siphe Zantsi, Mankaba Whitney Matli, Portia Mdwebi, Sipho Madyo, Papi Kubeka   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source