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

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 138 ◽  
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.

Tenure Security: Wishful Policy Thinking or Reality? A Case from Peri-Urban Ghana

2007 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janine M Ubink
Keyword(s):  
Land Management ◽  
Land Tenure ◽  
Land Policy ◽  
Tenure Security ◽  
Land Administration ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Customary Land ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractMany areas in Africa facing land shortage and competition witness increasingly restricted and insecure access to land for the poor majority. Mounting evidence of reduced tenure security shows that customary systems are often unable to evolve equitably. In contrast with this crisis in customary land administration, current international land policy is witnessing renewed interest in customary tenure systems. Ghana's current land policy resonates with this international trend. This article focuses on peri-urban Kumasi, Ghana, to acquire an insight into struggles and negotiations over customary land tenure in a rapidly urbanizing area. It then tries to explain why policymakers, in Ghana and in general, do not yet seem to have reflected the crisis in customary land management in their policies. The article concludes with some recommendations as to how policymakers could respond.

scholarly journals Experiences and Development Impacts of Securing Land Rights at Scale in Developing Countries: Case Studies of China and Vietnam

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 176
Author(s):  
Frank F. K. Byamugisha
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Land Tenure ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Land Rights ◽  
Political Commitment ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Tenure Security ◽  
Technical Standards ◽  
Land Registration ◽  
Rapid Economic Growth

This paper reviews experiences and development impacts of a selected number of developing countries in Asia and Africa that have used emerging land registration approaches to rapidly secure land rights at scale. Rapid and scalable registration is essential to eliminate a major backlog of the world’s unregistered land, which stands at about 70 percent. The objective of the review, based on secondary data, is to draw lessons that can help accelerate land registration across many countries. While the focus is on China and Vietnam, the findings are buttressed by those from previous reviews in Ethiopia and Rwanda. The registration approaches used in these four countries were found to be cost-reducing, fast, inclusive and scalable enough to secure land rights for all within one generation. They also had significant positive impacts on land tenure security and investment. In addition, they indirectly along with other economic reforms contributed to rapid economic growth and a reduction in extreme poverty. The experience from these Asian and African countries offers important lessons including the need for strong political commitment and to develop flexible legal and spatial frameworks that fit the purpose of land registration, instead of the rigid technical standards set by land professionals.

scholarly journals Utilizing User Generated Content in the Creation of Land Ownership Boundaries for the Crofters of Scotland

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
William Mackaness ◽  
Rica Duchateau ◽  
Jamie Cross
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Land Tenure ◽  
User Generated Content ◽  
Fractal Nature ◽  
Tenure Security ◽  
Land Registration ◽  
Digital Competency ◽  
Traditional Approaches ◽  
Geotagged Photo

Land registration is important in land tenure security and often resolves land-related issues. Volunteered geographic information is a cheap and quick alternative to formal and traditional approaches to land registration. This research investigates the extent to which this tool is meaningful for land registration, with the Scottish crofting com- munity as a case study. CroftCappture was developed to record points along boundaries and save geotagged photo- graphs and descriptions. The project raised interesting questions over usability, functionality and accuracy, as well issues of privacy, crofting practices, digital competency, and highlighted the fractal nature of the digital divide.

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