Customary Land Tenure, Inheritance Rules, and Smallholder Farmers in Malawi*

Takane, Tsutomu

doi:10.1080/03057070802037969

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“…For farming households, information on farm size was collected as a measure of wealth. Additional information was collected on who owned the farm and from whom they had inherited it (strictly speaking, land is owned by the village chief, but once families have been allocated land by the chief they are able to pass it on to their heirs: Takane 2007). Information on the survival and residence status of parents was also collected from both men and women.…”

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Kin and Child Survival in Rural Malawi

Sear

2008

Hum Nat

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This paper investigates the impact of kin on child survival in a matrilineal society in Malawi. Women usually live in close proximity to their matrilineal kin in this agricultural community, allowing opportunities for helping behavior between matrilineal relatives. However, there is little evidence that matrilineal kin are beneficial to children. On the contrary, child mortality rates appear to be higher in the presence of maternal grandmothers and maternal aunts. These effects are modified by the sex of child and resource ownership: female children and children in households where women, rather than men, own land suffer higher mortality rates in the presence of maternal kin. These modifiers suggest the detrimental effects of matrilineal kin may result from competition between such kin for resources. There are some positive effects of kin on child survival: the presence of elder siblings of both sexes is correlated with higher survival rates, and there is some weak evidence that paternal grandmothers may be beneficial to a child's survival chances. There is little evidence that any male kin, whether matrilineal or patrilineal, and including fathers, affect child mortality rates. This study highlights the importance of taking social and ecological context into account when investigating relationships between kin.

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Kin and Child Survival in Rural Malawi

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2008

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“…The second was limited access to land among female-headed households. In many societies in northern Malawi, patrilineal inheritance systems restrict women's land rights, and female-headed households have few opportunities to invest their off-farm income in ownfarming (Takane 2008a).…”

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Smallholder Livelihood Diversification and Income Inequality in Rural Malawi

Takane

Gono

2017

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Prior literature on rural livelihood diversification in Africa has suggested it has tended to increase inequality. Drawing on household data collected in nine Malawian villages over a decade, this paper examines the interrelationship between livelihood diversification and income inequality. Analysis of income portfolio and Gini coefficients shows that the interrelationship is highly varied and, in many cases, livelihood diversification decreases inequality. The varied situations stem from different contexts, such as proximity to a major town, entry barriers to off-farm activities, and variability of own-farm income. The highly variable situations found in rural Malawi call for a more context-specific policy intervention, rather than a nationwide single prescription.

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“…However, in accordance with the National Land Policy of 2004, land under customary tenure is communal and cannot be sold outside the community. Communal land is governed by customary law, in which the traditional leaders are the custodians of the land [33][34][35].…”

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Institutions and Ecosystem-Based Development Potentials of the Elephant Marsh, Malawi

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Abstract:The Elephant Marsh, a wetland in Southern Malawi, is important for fishing, agriculture, hunting and the collection of natural resources for the livelihoods of local communities. However, there has been increasing pressure driven by a changing climate, population growth, rural poverty and agricultural conversion, all of which threaten the future of the wetland. Currently, Malawi does not have either a national wetland policy or a climate change policy and wetland issues are only marginally present in the National Parks and Wildlife Policy of 2000 and National Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy of 2001. As a result, the country lacks a framework that could be strong enough to achieve balanced and sustainable wetland management for multiple resource users. The objective of this study was to establish the development potentials of Elephant Marsh from an ecosystem-based ('working-with-nature') perspective. It was revealed that there are development potentials in fisheries, recession agriculture, biomass for energy, conservation and tourism. This paper emphasizes that as these opportunities are developed, there will be the need to strengthen management institutions at local and national levels, and the coordination between the two. OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2012, 4 3327

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Customary Land Tenure, Inheritance Rules, and Smallholder Farmers in Malawi*

Cited by 62 publications

References 9 publications

Kin and Child Survival in Rural Malawi

Kin and Child Survival in Rural Malawi

Smallholder Livelihood Diversification and Income Inequality in Rural Malawi

Institutions and Ecosystem-Based Development Potentials of the Elephant Marsh, Malawi

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