Current Land Tenure and Households’ Perspectives to Voluntary Land Consolidation in South East Ethiopia

The use of land consolidation on customary lands has been limited, though land fragmentation persists. Land fragmentation on customary lands has two main causes—the nature of the customary land tenure system, and the somewhat linked agricultural system. Since attempts to increase food productivity on customary lands have involved fertilisation and mechanisation on the small and scattered farmlands, these approaches have fallen short of increasing food productivity. A study to develop a responsible approach to land consolidation on customary lands using a design research approach is undertaken and reported here. Based on a comparative study, it is found that three factors inhibit the development of a responsible land consolidation approach on customary lands—the coverage of a land administration system, a land valuation approach, and a land reallocation approach the fits the customary land tenure system. To fill these gaps, firstly, this study developed the participatory land administration that brought together traditional land administration approaches with emerging bottom-up approaches, as well as technological advances that drive these approaches together with the growing societal needs. Secondly, a valuation approach was developed to enable the comparison of the farmlands in rural areas that are without land markets. Finally, a land reallocation approach was developed based on the political, economic and social, as well as technical and legal characteristics of rural customary farmlands. This study concludes that though the land consolidation strategy developed is significantly able to reduce land fragmentation, both physical and land tenure, the local customs are an obstruction to the technical processes to achieve the best form of farmland structures.

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Land-Tenure Reform in Kenya: the Limits of Law

The Journal of Modern African Studies ◽

10.1017/s0022278x00007473 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 615-627 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Simon F. R. Coldham

Keyword(s):

Land Tenure ◽

Large Scale ◽

Working Party ◽

Customary Law ◽

Land Consolidation ◽

Royal Commission ◽

Tenure Reform ◽

Cash Crops ◽

Substantive Law ◽

Land Register

Most Africans in Kenya have always lived and worked on the land, and until fairly recently their land-tenure arrangements have been governed by customary law. Colonial administrators were divided about the desirability of granting individual titles to African farmers, and concentrated their efforts on persuading them to plant cash-crops, to fight soil erosion and, where necessary, to consolidate their holdings. It was only in the mid-1950s, when large-scale compulsory land consolidation schemes were initiated in the Kikuyu Land Unit, that serious thought was given to the nature of the title which the owner of a consolidated holding would acquire.1 The East Africa Royal Commission advocated the adjudication and registration of individual titles in suitable areas,2 and eventually a working party was appointed to consider what legislation would be necessary to implement this recommendation. As a result of its report,3 a system of registration of title based on the English model was introduced. Once the processes of adjudicacation and consolidation have been completed, the title of the owner is registered and, where appropriate, any interests not amounting to ownership are also entered on the Land Register. The land thereupon ceases to be subject to customary law,4 and is governed instead by the complete code of substantive law – based broadly on English law – which is contained today in the Registered Land Act, 1963.

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Changes Land Use in Land Consolidation Area in Seminyak, Kuta

Journal of A Sustainable Global South ◽

10.24843/jsgs.2021.v05.i01.p02 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 7

Author(s):

Anak Agung Putu Surya Buana ◽

Ida Bagus Gde Wirawibawa ◽

Ni Ketut Agusintadewi

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Tenure ◽

Spatial Planning ◽

Open Space ◽

Sustainable Use ◽

Land Consolidation ◽

Primary Data ◽

Use Of Space ◽

The Government

Land Consolidation (LC), is the government's solution in land acquisition for development. In addition, LC aims to improve the quality of the environment by rearranging plots of land to be more organized and equipped with environmental infrastructure, as well as land tenure in accordance with land use plans. The location of the land consolidation area in Seminyak Village which is close to the center of government, economy and tourism has implications for land use in the area. The phenomenon of land use that occurs in this region tends to ignore the spatial planning that has been determined by the government. If this condition is left unchecked, there will be more violations of land use that are not in accordance with the spatial allocation, leading to spatial conflicts and clutter in regional spatial planning. This study aims to identify changes in land use in the area of land consolidation in the Seminyak Village and the dominant factors underlying the changes in land use. Qualitative methods are used to identify changes in land use, and these dominant factors. Primary data obtained from observations, direct documentation, and the results of interviews with informants determined by purposive sampling. The results showed that there was a mismatch of land use with the plan for spatial planning in the area designated for settlement and green open space. The dominant factors underlying the changes in land use are law enforcement, then environmental factors, economic factors, and socio-cultural factors. The results of this study can be input for the government in formulating policies relating to planning and controlling the use of space in order to create safe, comfortable and sustainable use of space. Index Terms— land consolidation, land use, land use change

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Assessing the Impacts of Land Consolidation on Agricultural Technical Efficiency of Producers: A Survey from Jiangsu Province, China

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su10072490 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (7) ◽

pp. 2490 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Siyan Zeng ◽

Fengwu Zhu ◽

Fu Chen ◽

Man Yu ◽

Shaoliang Zhang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Technical Efficiency ◽

Land Tenure ◽

Large Scale ◽

Stochastic Frontier ◽

Jiangsu Province ◽

Crop Diversity ◽

Land Consolidation ◽

Frontier Analysis ◽

Land Fragmentation ◽

Agricultural Income

Since the year 2000, China has implemented large-scale land consolidation, which was used to reduce land fragmentation, enhance grain yield capability, facilitate land tenure transfer, and promote agricultural operational scale. However, the impacts of land consolidation on agricultural technical efficiency of producers in practice is not yet clear. A field survey was executed at two points of time during July 2010 and July 2016. A total of 900 producers were chosen from 30 land consolidation projects at random in the Jiangsu Province. The agricultural technical efficiency caused by land consolidation was calculated by using a stochastic frontier analysis method. The results of a stochastic frontier production function reveal that land tenure transfer, land fragmentation, non-agricultural income, and crop diversity has undergone significant changes after land consolidation. The overall agricultural technical efficiency of producers had also increased considerably and the average technical efficiency was estimated at 0.924 after land consolidation. Land consolidation directly promotes land tenure transfer while indirectly encouraging non-agricultural employment, which could improve agricultural technical efficiency of producers. Non-agricultural income and crop diversity had a significant correlation with agricultural technical efficiency, but land fragmentation after land consolidation does not significantly improve technical efficiency. These conclusions are helpful in understanding the impacts of land consolidation, which enriches the academic literature in related fields and improves the policy of land consolidation in China and other developing countries.

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PELAKSANAAN KONSOLIDASI TANAH PERKOTAAN UNTUK PEMBANGUNAN JALAN BY PASS DI KOTA BUKITTINGGI

JCH (Jurnal Cendekia Hukum) ◽

10.33760/jch.v3i1.13 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 73

Author(s):

Ana Ramadhona

Keyword(s):

Land Tenure ◽

Common Good ◽

Land Rights ◽

Common Interest ◽

Land Consolidation ◽

Primary Data ◽

The People ◽

The Status ◽

The Common ◽

The Government

The increasing price of urban land causes the government difficulty in providing land for development. The status of land tenure will be more legal with the certificate as proof of ownership and ownership of land rights. Presidential Regulation no. 65 year 2006 stated that the procurement of land for the implementation of development for public interest by the government carried out by way of disposal or surrender of land rights. Article 18 of the UUPA explains that the revocation of a person's right to the land owned by the government shall only be exercised if the land is used for the common good including the interests of the nation and the state and the common interest of the people, the rights of the land may be revoked, compensating feasible as regulated by law. This study aims to find out how the implementation of land consolidation for the construction of By Pass in Bukittinggi City. To find out the obstacles faced by the local government of Bukittinggi city in the settlement. This research uses sociological juridical method, primary data in research is interview to informant and second data is library materials. The results show that the implementation of land consolidation of By Pass of Bukittinggi city has not been implemented maximally because the community has not fully understand the purpose and objectives of the implementation of land consolidation so that the people do not wholeheartedly implement it. Constraints faced in the completion of land consolidation for by-pass included the lack of public knowledge about land consolidation, the objections of some communities in handing over their consolidated land to the government and Most of the consolidated lands are customary soils together so it is a bit difficult in decision maker.

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THE THE SWAPPING APPROACH IN THE COURSE OF LAND CONSOLIDATION: CASE STUDY OF UKRAINE

Geodesy and Cartography ◽

10.3846/gac.2021.13214 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 47 (4) ◽

pp. 200-211

Author(s):

Mykola Malashevskyi ◽

Olena Malashevska

Keyword(s):

Land Tenure ◽

Land Consolidation ◽

Exchange Method ◽

Land Plot ◽

Land Owners ◽

Technological Characteristics ◽

Agricultural Enterprise ◽

Relative Value ◽

Land Relations

The paper is concerned with the issues of the voluntary land consolidation using the exchange method at land relations reforming. The objective of the article is the substantiation of the exchange method aiming at the large and small land owners (land users) land tenure optimization and the formation of approaches with the help of which the mutual alignment of their interests can be achieved. Land plot ownership and tenure rights exchange by the relative value has been substantiated. It is suggested to define the relative value based on the principle of juxtaposition of land plots by their qualitative, spatial and technological characteristics. The land plots exchange modelling has been improved according to the relative value application and due to the existing land plots boundaries retaining at the exchange. The effectiveness of the suggested land plots exchange method has been demonstrated at the land tenure optimization of an agricultural enterprise and some households in Kyiv Region. Alternative land consolidation projects based on the land plots exchange have been developed, the results of which demonstrate the advantages of the voluntary land consolidation based on the suggested methodology.

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Description of Land Fragmentation in Latvia and its Prevention Opportunities

Proceedings of the Latvia University of Agriculture ◽

10.2478/v10236-012-0009-y ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

Dace Platonova ◽

Anda Jankava

Keyword(s):

Land Tenure ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Agricultural Production ◽

Land Reform ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Farm Size ◽

Land Consolidation ◽

Transport Costs ◽

Land Fragmentation ◽

Land Use Optimization

Abstract Already during the Land Reform, land properties of several land parcels were formed in the rural areas. Another factor that benefits to the fragmentation of farm properties is development of land market because buying or renting land for farm size building, it is not always possible to find adjacent land plot. Consequently, the land fragmentation not only makes land management difficult, but also increases the transport costs. With this rural land tenure system, competitive and efficient agricultural production cannot be discussed, so a large part of rural areas remains untreated. It was found that there is a strong correlation between the area of land parcels and their management - the smaller the area of a land parcel by the agricultural land, the greater the chance that it would not be managed, and vice versa, the greater the area, the more it is cultivated, that is, managed. Land consolidation is performed as the farm land use optimization activities in other countries. Land consolidation can be one of the efficient means for rural development, it can encourage formation of competitive agricultural production structure, giving farmers the opportunity to create holdings with a small number, but bigger size and better-shaped land plots. Thus, more income and opportunities to expand types of farming are created.

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