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IN QUEST OF CUSTOMARY TENURE SECURITY: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF LAND USE PLANNING IN TANZANIA

open access: yesAfrican Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, 2022
Mainstreaming land use planning for tenure security in rural areas is a key issue to both scholars, academia and policymakers as well as governments in most developing countries.
Method J. Gwaleba
doaj   +2 more sources

Innovative Customary Land Governance in Zambia: Experiences, Lessons Learned and Emerging Impacts

open access: yesAfrican Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, 2020
In Zambia, security of tenure for communities residing under customary land tenure settings has in recent years increasingly come under threat owing to the pressures of high rate of urbanization, speculation, subdivision and conversion to state land ...
DAVID KATUNGULA
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Land Certification for Rural Farm Households in Ethiopia: Evidence from Gozamin District, Ethiopia

open access: yesLand, 2020
Economic theory notes tenure security is a critical factor in agricultural investment and productivity. Therefore, several African countries’ development initiatives enabled land titling to enhance tenure security.
Abebaw Andarge Gedefaw   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Land Tenure Security and Sustainable Land Investment: Evidence from National Plot-Level Data in Rural China

open access: yesLand
The linkage between land tenure security and land quality improvement investment is crucial given that the land tenure security system is a widely applied policy tool for the protection of cultivation land in developing countries.
Xiaolong Sun, Jinmin Wang, Fangping Rao
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of land tenure security on agricultural productivity in Ethiopia: A meta-analysis

open access: yesSustainable Environment
Realized land tenure security has not yet been accomplished, despite Ethiopia’s unique land tenure security that changed over time. The aim of this meta-analysis was to investigate how land tenure security affects agricultural productivity.
Mideksa Dabessa Iticha, Jiqin Han
doaj   +1 more source

A Historical Perspective on Land Tenure Security

open access: yes, 2022
AbstractIn this chapter, we explore the forces that have shaped the current challenge of securing land tenure for those with little voice, power, and means. Focusing on the Global South, we identify trends in the ebb and flow of land tenure security and insecurity, distinguishing between those tied to agricultural-based societies and forest-dependent ...
Sunderlin, W.D., Holland, M.B.
openaire   +2 more sources

Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring legal tenure security in Malaysia: does formal titling ensures rights to land owners?

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences
One of the main objectives of establishing a land management system is to acquire land tenure security. Although there are several layers to the idea of tenure security, the most widely held opinion is that obtaining such security has frequently been ...
Shahrul Natasha Halid, Jady Zaidi Hassim
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of paying for forest conservation on perceived tenure security in Ecuador

open access: yesConservation Letters, 2020
We study the impact of Ecuador's national forest conservation incentives program on reported land conflicts. Data come from a survey of >900 households located within 49 indigenous and Afro‐Ecuadorian communities holding communal conservation contracts ...
Kelly W Jones   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

CULTIVATING GENDER INSENSITIVE LAND TENURE REFORMS AND HARVESTING FOOD INSECURITY IN CAMEROON, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

open access: yesAfrican Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, 2020
Effective reform pathways for addressing women’s access to land and tenure security in Africa are yet to be found despite their role in feeding the population. With the adoption of the AU Declaration on Land Issues and Challenges in Africa (2009) and the
Enchaw Gabriel Bachange
doaj   +1 more source

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