Impacts of Low‐Cost Land Certification on Investment and Productivity

Holden, Stein T.; Deininger, Klaus; Ghebru, Hosaena

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8276.2008.01241.x

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“…Previous research on tree planting activities have modeled farmers' participation in tree planting as a function of a number of economic, social, demographic, institutional, plot variables, and other variables (e.g., agro-ecology indicator variables such as village dummy variables) (e.g., Holden et al, 2009;Mekonnen 2009). In developing countries where input and product markets are imperfect, consumption and production decisions are non-separable.…”

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“…Recently studies on Ethiopia have focused on the impact of land certification on investment and productivity in agriculture (Deininger et al 2008b;Holden et al 2009). These studies were motivated by a large scale low-cost land certification program that has been undertaken in the four major regions of Ethiopia.…”

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“…These studies were motivated by a large scale low-cost land certification program that has been undertaken in the four major regions of Ethiopia. Holden et al (2009) use household and plot-level panel data collected from the Tigray region of Ethiopia to assess the investment and productivity impacts of the recent lowcost land certification. They find significant positive impacts including effects on the maintenance of soil conservation structures, investment in trees, and land productivity.…”

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“…The program started in Tigray region (one of our study areas) in 1998/99 while in the Amhara region (the other region covered in this study) the program began in 2003. There are limited studies on the impact of this new program on investment in land and agricultural productivity Holden et al 2009). Holden et al (2009) assessed the investment (tree and soil and water conservation) and crop productivity impact of land certification in Tigray region of Ethiopia using panel data.…”

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“…There are limited studies on the impact of this new program on investment in land and agricultural productivity Holden et al 2009). Holden et al (2009) assessed the investment (tree and soil and water conservation) and crop productivity impact of land certification in Tigray region of Ethiopia using panel data. They found that the program has positive impact on investment and productivity.…”

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Impacts of Low‐Cost Land Certification on Investment and Productivity

Cited by 197 publications

References 29 publications

The Impact of Land Certification on Tree Growing on Private Plots of Rural Households

The Impact of Land Certification on Tree Growing on Private Plots of Rural Households

Planning for ecosystem services compensation in the central highlands of Ethiopia

Understanding Soil Conservation Decision of Farmers in the Gedeb Watershed, Ethiopia

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