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

Singirankabo, Uwacu Alban; Ertsen, Maurits W.

doi:10.3390/land9050138

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“…This study systematically collates and appraises key policy documents and academic papers to identify the barriers to long-term land leasing and explore the mechanisms to support and encourage long-term land leasing. The search strategy follows that employed by [39][40][41]. The review was undertaken in five stages: (1) formulation of the research question, (2) design of the search protocol, (3) literature search, (4) screening of collected literature and (5) analysis and interpretation of the literature.…”

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The Case for Long-Term Land Leasing: A Review of the Empirical Literature

Adenuga

Jack

McCarry

2021

Land

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Land, as a factor of production, has a vital role within the agricultural sector compared with other sectors. However, in recent years, land mobility has become a significant issue around the world with increased concentration and competition for land ownership, limiting the overall competitiveness of the agri-food sector and constraining the potential opportunities for new entrant farmers to access land. While land leasing is increasingly being embraced as a common form of land tenure serving as an alternative to the purchase of land for agriculture, the length of lease has been shown to have a significant impact on land productivity and sustainability. In this study, we provide a comprehensive and systematic review exploring the benefits of longer-term land leasing with a particular focus on developed countries and some selected developing countries in the context of commercial farming with more formal arrangements. Specifically, we highlight the barriers to long-term land leasing and identify potential incentives that might be adopted to encourage long-term land leasing for both landowners and farmers who seek to rent land.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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The Case for Long-Term Land Leasing: A Review of the Empirical Literature

Adenuga

Jack

McCarry

2021

Land

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“…Land registration clarification would realize land tenure security and allow farmers to better use of their land plots, to get loans from the bank and invest in new farming systems and technology in order to increase the yield at a lower cost of production. Holding legal proof of land rights is claimed to stimulate farmers' initiative to invest in a more productive agriculture (Singirankabo and Ertsen, 2020).…”

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“…Understanding land users' livelihoods and their strategies is essential in order to adapt the prevention and adaptation policies and to ensure sustainable land management planning (Jendoubi et al, 2020). Also, a past study has highlighted that securing land tenure with legislation is essential in order to develop more productive agriculture (Singirankabo and Ertsen, 2020). After Tunisian revolution on 14 January 2011, farmers were facing negative effects such as decreasing farm subsidies, high production costs, increase in farmers' debts that reduction in reproduction capacity of the agriculture sector (Gana, 2012).…”

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“…Land tenure and land titles would have featured prominently in early agricultural economies but traditionally, land tenure security and agricultural productivity have been two separate areas of research. The link between land tenure security and agricultural productivity is therefore a relatively new subject (Singirankabo and Ertsen, 2020). In Tunisia, there are several land tenure statuses, as follow: 1) private properties known as family inheritance and 2) properties owned by rental contract with the state over a long period of time known as Farming Enhancement Corporation (FEC) (Akram et al, 2019).…”

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Evaluation of Farms’ Sustainability According to Land Tenure in Mornag, Tunisia

Gara

Aounallah

Ajabi

2020

Caraka Tani J. Sustain. Agric.

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<p>In Tunisia the main objective of sustainable agriculture is to improve agricultural systems by creating more wealth and meeting the needs of the population without compromising those of future generations. It turned out that confusion and lack of clarity of ownership status of agricultural land would lead to instability in agricultural sustainability by having a negative impact on social and economic prosperity and environment preservation. Within this environmental concern, the current research constitutes an assessment of the level of sustainability of different farms in Tunisia where problems of land ownership still exist. The current research is based on the Farm Sustainability Indicators method (standing for: <em>‘Indicateurs de durabilité des exploitations agricoles </em>or IDEA). This case study employed IDEA method which provides operational content to compare the sustainability concept at the farm level, based on the factor of ‘land tenure status’. In Tunisia, the lack of clear land ownership affects the output of agriculture that is why it is valuable to assess the impact of land properties status on farms’ agricultural sustainability. Hence, we distinguished two groups of farms: Private Farms (PF) (inherited from father to son) and Farming Enhancement Corporation (FEC) (state’s lands leased by farmers for many years). The results showed that land tenure has impact on farms sustainability. PF are more sustainable on both agro-ecological scale (49.2) and socio-territorial scale (48); compared to FEC (agro-ecological: 44.5 and socio-territorial: 46). PF favor integrated systems and the production of field crops and fodder crops and they attach greater importance to their employees’ training.</p>

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“…It is noteworthy that agricultural production is shaped by natural and socioeconomic factors [33]. Some studies demonstrated that local elements, including household size, cropping systems, land-use intensity, land tenure, climate change, and environmental costs, can influence grain productivity significantly [36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48]. The actual grain yields, to some extent, are determined by the quantity and quality of cultivated land, climate, agricultural technology, and cropping patterns.…”

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Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Cultivated Land and Its Influences on Grain Production Potential in Hunan Province, China

Tong

et al. 2020

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Understanding the impact of changes in cultivated land in terms of structure, distribution, and quantity on grain production potential (GPP) is essential for a sustainable land utilization strategy and food security. Cultivated land balance (CLB), as a critical policy aiming at protecting farmland in China, has greatly restricted the loss of cultivated land. However, changes in cultivated land were largely generated due to the land-use activities led by the CLB policy. To clarify how the spatiotemporal dynamics of cultivated land led by the CLB policy affects the GPP, this work discusses the impact mechanism of cultivated land changes on GPP and provides an empirical analysis in Hunan Province, China. This study shows that the activities that merely aim at restricting the loss of cultivated land under CLB cannot stop the decline in GPP in China, since it requires the government to reclaim a certain amount of cultivated land that is equal to that occupied for non-cultivated land use. Furthermore, the distribution of cultivated land changed after the implementation of CLB and, as a result, contributed to the decrease in the quality of cultivated land and GPP. Quantity, productivity, and other elements that may potentially facilitate cultivated land protection are greatly advocated to be considered to enrich the connotation of the CLB policy in China. It also found that less developed regions located in central and western Hunan Province, among other areas, observed a higher sensitivity of GPP to cultivated land change. More attention should be paid to protecting cultivated land in these regions and addressing issues such as the abandonment of high-quality cultivated land.

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

Cited by 55 publications

References 70 publications

The Case for Long-Term Land Leasing: A Review of the Empirical Literature

The Case for Long-Term Land Leasing: A Review of the Empirical Literature

Evaluation of Farms’ Sustainability According to Land Tenure in Mornag, Tunisia

Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Cultivated Land and Its Influences on Grain Production Potential in Hunan Province, China

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