2015
DOI: 10.3390/land4030842
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Institutional Synergies in Customary Land Markets—Selected Case Studies of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions (LSLAs) in Ghana

Abstract: Synergies among land institutions and institutional changes impact on land markets and in guaranteeing agro-based employment, capital injection, local economic development and infrastructural improvement. Increasingly, these institutions have come under pressure and there are concerns about their functional capacities and implications on land markets. This paper discusses institutional synergies and its impacts on customary land markets under large-scale land acquisitions for agro-investments in Ghana. From th… Show more

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“…As indicated earlier, chiefs have always played a key role in the Ghanaian state — as strategic levers for controlling land and people during colonialism; as powerful antagonists of the state after independence; and now, increasingly, through statutory recognition and formalization of their role, as acknowledged members of the Ghanaian state system. Our empirical material confirms evidence presented by others (Amanor, ; Kuusaana and Gerber, ; Lavers and Boamah, ; Nolte and Väth, ; Ubink and Amanor, ) to show that chiefs play a crucial role in the current LSLA context. Their role, however, has often been analysed as separate from, or in opposition to, the state, with their power attributed to a weakness of the state or the legal framework (Lavers and Boamah, ; Nolte and Väth, ; Yengoh et al., ).…”
Section: Discussion: Increasing Integration Of Chieftaincy and The Statesupporting
confidence: 91%
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“…As indicated earlier, chiefs have always played a key role in the Ghanaian state — as strategic levers for controlling land and people during colonialism; as powerful antagonists of the state after independence; and now, increasingly, through statutory recognition and formalization of their role, as acknowledged members of the Ghanaian state system. Our empirical material confirms evidence presented by others (Amanor, ; Kuusaana and Gerber, ; Lavers and Boamah, ; Nolte and Väth, ; Ubink and Amanor, ) to show that chiefs play a crucial role in the current LSLA context. Their role, however, has often been analysed as separate from, or in opposition to, the state, with their power attributed to a weakness of the state or the legal framework (Lavers and Boamah, ; Nolte and Väth, ; Yengoh et al., ).…”
Section: Discussion: Increasing Integration Of Chieftaincy and The Statesupporting
confidence: 91%
“…(3) Through the CLS, the Ghanaian state (as well as the donors funding the LAP) back up and legitimize the actions of chiefs. This (inter)national reinforcement of customary authorities in the context of LSLAs leads to a shift in the perception of chiefs — from custodians of the land to landowners — and a consequent weakening of the rights of individual land users (Amanor, ; Kuusaana and Gerber, ). Interestingly, many of the state actors who were interviewed for the case study also spoke about chiefs as landowners…”
Section: Discussion: Increasing Integration Of Chieftaincy and The Statementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Because most land in Ghana remains under the trusteeship of a customary authority, many farmers do not have the right to formally register land. At the same time, the increasing commoditization and commercialization of land is putting immense pressure on customary land institutions to adequately deal with issues of land administration (Kuusaana and Gerber 2015). For example, across the Akwapim-Togo Mountains, farmers dwell in negative feedback loops of low inputs and low yields because they cannot access capital for technological improvements and do not have the collateral to obtain credit, which secure land tenure could provide.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In Ghana, for example, social-ecological traps are exacerbated by the persistence of a pluralistic, decentralized land-management system that features an uneasy interplay between customary tenure regimes and formal government institutions. Although Ghana's forest and savannah ecosystems support a rich biodiversity vital to local and national economies (GG-MLNR 2016), government policies surrounding land and tree tenure since the imposition of colonial rule and the modern state have interacted with other changes to concentrate economic power in the state, reduce individual incentives to conserve natural resources, and weaken customary management institutions (Kasanga and Kotey 2001, Boni 2006, Kuusaana and Gerber 2015. This has fueled uncertainty around access to land and resources, as well as responsibility for policy enforcement and management (Kasanga andKotey 2001, Aryeetey andUdry 2010).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%