Land Tenure Systems and Agricultural Productivity in Gombe Nigeria

The purpose of this study is to examine the existing land tenure systems in Gombe state Nigeria with a view to determining its impact on agricultural productivity in the study area. The targeted population for the study comprised of 7,832 households in purposively selected agrarian settlements cutting across the 3 senatorial districts in Gombe state Nigeria. The population was stratified into three zones and two locations were selected from each zone. The sample size for the study comprised of 500 households in each of the study locations. Hence, 500 questionnaires were administered on the household heads of the 6 study locations making a total of 3,000 questionnaires (representing 38.3% of the targeted population). However only 2,223 (74.1%) questionnaires were correctly filled and returned for analysis. The random sampling technique was adopted in the questionnaire administration. Descriptive statistical tools such as frequency counts, averages, weighted mean and percentages were used in analyzing the data obtained. The Relative Importance Index (RII) was used to identify and rank the variables. Inferential statistical tool such as multiple regressions were also used in analyzing the relationship between the criterion or dependent variable and the predictors or independent variables. The study revealed that customary land tenure system is the predominant type of tenure system (60.1%) practiced in the study area. Similarly, agricultural productivity in the study area was shown to be impeded by land tenure insecurity (RII, 0.933963), political/bureaucratic bottlenecks in land rights acquisition for agricultural purposes (0.846154) and tenure rules such as stipulated in the Nigerian Land Use Act of 1978 (RII, 0.65596) among others. The study also showed a strong positive relationship of 0.809 between land tenure systems and agricultural productivity in the study area. The study concluded that for better agricultural productivity in the study area in particular and similar developing economies in general, farmers need to have secured land tenure as this encourages investments in the secured land which consequently improves agricultural productivity.

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Land Tenure Systems and Agricultural Productivity in Gombe Nigeria

10.15396/eres2019_277 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Daniel Dabara ◽

Augustina Chiwuzie ◽

Olusegun Omotehinshe ◽

Kabir Lawal

Keyword(s):

Land Tenure ◽

Agricultural Productivity ◽

Land Tenure Systems

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Land-Tenure in Mycenaean Greece and the Hittite Empire: Linear B Land-surveys from Pylos and Middle Hittite Land-Donations

Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient ◽

10.1163/156852005774918787 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 48 (4) ◽

pp. 473-486

Author(s):

Alexander Uchitel

Keyword(s):

Comparative Study ◽

Land Tenure ◽

Etude Comparative ◽

Étude Comparative ◽

Systematic Comparison ◽

New Interpretation ◽

Land Tenure Systems ◽

Linear B

AbstractThe article is a comparative study of Mycenaean Greek and Hittite land-tenure systems. It is based upon a systematic comparison of two groups of documents: land-registers (the so-called E-series) from Pylos and Middle Hittite land-donations. The traditional interpretation of both Mycenaean Greek and Hittite documents is challenged and alternative interpretations are offered. Thus, on the Mycenaean side, the construction with the preposition pa-ro is reinterpreted, and on the Hittite side an entirely new interpretation of a Hittite expression pir-sahhanas is offered. Both land-tenure systems are interpreted as two manifestations of compulsory labour service of small landholders attached to large agricultural estates. Cet article est une étude comparative des systèmes de tenue de la terre dans la Grèce mycénienne et l'empire hittite. Elle est fondée sur une comparaison systématique de deux groupes de documents : les registres de la terre (appelés la série E) de Pylos et les donations de terre moyenne hittite. L'interprétation traditionnelle des documents mycénien et hittite est ici remise en question et une nouvelle explication est offerte. Ainsi, du côté mycénien, la construction avec la préposition pa-ro est réinterprétée, et du côté hittite une interprétation entièrement nouvelle de l'expression pir-sahhanas est proposée. Les deux systèmes de tenue de la terre sont interprétés comme deux manifestations d'un service de travail obligatoire dus par des petits propriétaires attachés à des grandes propriétés agricoles.

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Addressing the Problems of Land Registration Processes in Complex Land Tenure Systems Using Computational Techniques: Evidence from Accra Ghana

Journal of Planning and Land Management ◽

10.36005/jplm.v1i1.9 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 31-57

Author(s):

Williams Miller Appau ◽

Baslyd B. Nara ◽

Javier G. Morales

Keyword(s):

Land Tenure ◽

Design Method ◽

Systems Design ◽

Computational Techniques ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Land Registration ◽

Study Approach ◽

The People ◽

Definition Of ◽

Land Tenure Systems

Land registration processes have been described to be simplistic in simple land tenure environments where land rights are treasured and registered by the state on behalf of the people. Duplication of tasks, repeated preparation of land registration documents, and wrong definition of tasks affect the activities and processes of land registration characterising complex land tenure environments. Many qualitative land registration models such as the use of Unified Modified Language (UML) diagrams have been developed to show the frameworks of land registration processes in most parts of the world. However, most researches avoid the technical implementation of these models. This paper presents the quantitative approaches to addressing the problems of land registration processes in complex land tenure systems using computational techniques such as Process Maker and Java Script. The paper used case study approach to collect data and systems design method for the output. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data from the Lands Commission of Accra and its stakeholders. Process maker software was operationalised using GeoJSON parcel file. Results show that, the simplification of land registration processes is based on the rationale behind the change (Data error, improved capacity, service quality), and the semantics (process re-engineering) involved in the computation of the modelling processes. The outcome has the ability to simplify an otherwise complex tenure system by avoiding delays and therefore improving the land registration processes.

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Estimating Woody Plant Density from Aerial Photographs in Communal and Leasehold Land Tenure Systems in Northwest Botswana

Journal of Environmental Informatics ◽

10.3808/jei.200800117 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 131-145

Author(s):

O. P. Dube

Keyword(s):

Land Tenure ◽

Woody Plant ◽

Plant Density ◽

Aerial Photographs ◽

Land Tenure Systems

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Relations between Land Tenure Security and Agricultural Productivity: Exploring the Effect of Land Registration

Land ◽

10.3390/land9050138 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (5) ◽

pp. 138 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Uwacu Alban Singirankabo ◽

Maurits Willem Ertsen

Keyword(s):

Empirical Evidence ◽

Land Management ◽

Land Tenure ◽

Agricultural Productivity ◽

Costs And Benefits ◽

Tenure Security ◽

Land Registration ◽

Scholarly Literature ◽

Information Updating ◽

Management Institutions

This paper reviews the scholarly literature discussing the effect(s) of land registration on the relations between land tenure security and agricultural productivity. Using 85 studies, the paper focuses on the regular claim that land registration’s facilitation of formal documents-based land dealings leads to investment in a more productive agriculture. The paper shows that this claim is problematic for three reasons. First, most studies offer no empirical evidence to support the claim on the above-mentioned effect. Second, there are suggestions that land registration can actually threaten ‘de facto’ tenure security or even lead to insecurity of tenure. Third, the gendered realization of land registration and security may lead to uneven distribution of costs and benefits, but these effects are often ignored. Next to suggesting the importance of land information updating and the efficiency of local land management institutions, this paper also finds that more research with a combined locally-set approach is needed to better understand any relation(s) between land tenure security and agricultural productivity.

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