Factors affecting farmers land tenure security after the implementation of rural land registration and certification program in Hulet Eju Enese district, Amhara region, Ethiopia

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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Do local land institutions make a dime's worth of a difference in rural land markets? Evidence from Malawi

International Journal of Social Economics ◽

10.1108/ijse-08-2012-0163 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 41 (11) ◽

pp. 1055-1072

Author(s):

Greenwell Collins Matchaya

Keyword(s):

Land Tenure ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Land Ownership ◽

Ordinary Least Squares ◽

Land Markets ◽

Rural Land ◽

Content Type ◽

Land Registration ◽

Traditional System ◽

Context Specific

Purpose – It has been argued that traditional land transfer systems provide disincentives for farmers to trade their land, thus reducing land availability and depressing productivity. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of land rentals under customary land ownership in matrilineal and patrilineal traditions and under formal land registration in the rural areas of Malawi. Design/methodology/approach – Using new data collected from around 100 households farming around 200 parcels in three regions of Malawi, a number of models are estimated with ordinary least squares. Findings – The paper finds some evidence that some variables within the traditional system of land holding are crucial for land rentals. However, when land titles are used as a proxy for security of tenure, none of the relationships commonly hypothesized between land ownership security and land lease are corroborated. Land registration is found to have no significant effects on land and rentals. Social implications – These results put into question the potency of sole land registration as a means of enhancing land market activities for rural masses in Malawi. Originality/value – The uniqueness of this paper rests in it its use of context-specific constructs of land ownership security. Moreover the tested hypotheses emerge from a theoretical model that is unique to the literature on rural land markets and land tenure.

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Investigating the impacts of increased rural land tenure security: A systematic review of the evidence

Journal of Rural Studies ◽

10.1016/j.jrurstud.2018.05.001 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 61 ◽

pp. 34-62 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

Daniel Higgins ◽

Tim Balint ◽

Harold Liversage ◽

Paul Winters

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Land Tenure ◽

Rural Land ◽

Tenure Security

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Women, Land Tenure Dynamics and Land Sales in Rural Areas. The Case of Syukula Village, Tanzania

The African Review ◽

10.1163/1821889x-12340041 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-31

Author(s):

Rosemarie N. Mwaipopo

Keyword(s):

Land Tenure ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Land Ownership ◽

Ecological Perspective ◽

Social Analysis ◽

Rural Land ◽

Tenure Security ◽

Significant Aspect ◽

Women’S Perceptions ◽

Ownership Rights

Abstract Women’s engagement in rural land sales has been a significant aspect of land tenure dynamics with varied implications to their livelihoods and wellbeing. However, the factors that influence women’s decisions and the modalities of such engagement have not received much attention in social analysis, specifically with regard to women’s perceptions, responses and actions towards land sales, especially in situations of land shortage. In the context where multiple and interacting factors are continuing to transform rural land tenure patterns, this article discusses the varied implications of recent land sales to women, with possible extension of their vulnerabilities, yet also re-invigorating women’s agency regarding land ownership rights. Using a feminist political-ecological perspective, this article shows how women act under constraining circumstances to transform gender relations and patterns of land ownership with varying outcomes to their wellbeing. The findings also suggest deeper interrogation on the capacities of grassroots structures obligated to oversee land tenure security for communities and upholding women’s rights of access to land.

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

Land ◽

10.3390/land10020176 ◽

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.

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Does the policy of rural land rights confirmation promote the transfer of farmland in China?

Acta Oeconomica ◽

10.1556/032.2017.67.4.7 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 67 (4) ◽

pp. 643-672 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Hengzhou Xu ◽

Yihang Zhao ◽

Ronghui Tan ◽

Hongchun Yin

Keyword(s):

Land Tenure ◽

Policy Development ◽

Labour Force ◽

Land Rights ◽

Policy Implications ◽

Rural Land ◽

Tenure Security ◽

Significance Level ◽

Household Level ◽

Positive Effects

Land tenure security and land transfer markets are once again a topmost priority in the policy development agenda because of their expected outcomes in terms of equity and efficiency in the rural sector of China. The policy of rural land rights confirmation has been implemented since 2010 to enhance land tenure security and the transferability of farmland. However, only a few studies have been conducted on the effect of rural land rights confirmation on farmland transfer. Therefore, we use household-level survey data from 48 villages across Tianjin City and Shandong Province to explore whether rural land rights confirmation promotes the transfer of farmlands. Our empirical results show that rural land rights confirmation has significant and positive effects on the likelihood and amount of transfer-out land at the 5% significance level, but the effect on transfer-in farmland is insignificant. The results of the study have several policy implications. For instance, the agricultural comparative advantage should be improved through various agricultural subsidy policies. Moreover, the intermediary service network for farmland transfer should be established, and strengthening the non-farm employment skills and improving the non-agricultural employment market are necessary for the rural labour force.

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Push, pull and push-back to land certification: regional dynamics in pilot certification projects in Côte d'Ivoire

The Journal of Modern African Studies ◽

10.1017/s0022278x21000124 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 59 (3) ◽

pp. 247-272

Author(s):

Catherine Boone ◽

Arsene Brice Bado ◽

Aristide Mah Dion ◽

Zibo Irigo

Keyword(s):

Land Tenure ◽

Regional Variation ◽

Social Inequalities ◽

Rural Land ◽

African Countries ◽

Land Registration ◽

Tenure Reform ◽

Regional Dynamics ◽

Land Titling ◽

History Of

AbstractSince 2000, many African countries have adopted land tenure reforms that aim at comprehensive land registration (or certification) and titling. Much work in political science and in the advocacy literature identifies recipients of land certificates or titles as ‘programme beneficiaries’, and political scientists have modelled titling programmes as a form of distributive politics. In practice, however, rural land registration programmes are often divisive and difficult to implement. This paper tackles the apparent puzzle of friction around rural land certification. We study Côte d'Ivoire's rocky history of land certification from 2004 to 2017 to identify political economy variables that may give rise to heterogeneous and even conflicting preferences around certification. Regional inequalities, social inequalities, and regional variation in pre-existing land tenure institutions are factors that help account for friction or even resistance around land titling, and thus the difficult politics that may arise around land tenure reform. Land certification is not a public good or a private good for everyone.

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

Proceedings of the ICA ◽

10.5194/ica-proc-1-72-2018 ◽

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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