The ‘new’ African customary land tenure. Characteristic, features and policy implications of a new paradigm

Chimhowu, Admos

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.04.014

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“…Some of the forms of land tenure systems adopted by countries across the globe include: customary, statutory, informal and religious forms of land tenure among others. It was observed that in Sub-Saharan Africa, the customary land tenure system is widely practiced (Chimhowu, 2019). This assertion is supported by Fisher (1993) who further pointed out the major characteristics of customary tenure, which is land being regarded as being owned by the whole community as opposed to an individual.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…For most people in developing countries such as Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and Uganda, land is their primary means of livelihood as well as the major medium for investing and creation of wealth. Hence, land ownership as regulated by existing Land Tenure Systems (LTS) adopted by different countries is a key factor in the administration of any successful undertaking (Chimhowu, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Land Tenure Systems and Agricultural Productivity in Gombe Nigeria

Dabara¹,

Chiwuzie²,

Omotehinshe³

et al. 2019

26th Annual European Real Estate Society Conference

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The purpose of this study is to examine the existing land tenure systems in Gombe state Nigeria with a view to determining its impact on agricultural productivity in the study area. Land tenure system is concerned with man's relationship with land, involving intervention in the prevailing pattern of land ownership, control and usage in order to change the structure of holdings, improve land productivity and broaden the distribution of benefits to all. Nigeria is an agrarian nation with over 56.8% of her working force engaged in farming. Agricultural development and productivity has the advantage of provision of more employment and a better base for farm financed welfare in the economy. The targeted population for the study comprised of 7,832 households in purposively selected agrarian settlements cutting across the 3 senatorial districts in Gombe state Nigeria. The population was stratified into three zones along the senatorial districts and two locations were selected purposively from this stratification. From Gombe south, Tula and Billiri were selected; from Gombe North Dukku and Kwami were selected and from Gombe central Akko and Yamaltu Deba were selected. The sample size for the study comprised of 500 households in each of the study locations. Hence, 500 questionnaires were administered on the household heads of the 6 study locations making a total of 3,000 questionnaires (representing 38.3% of the targeted population). However only 2,223 (74.1%) questionnaires were correctly filled and returned for analysis. The random sampling technique was adopted in the questionnaire administration. Descriptive statistical tools such as frequency counts, averages, weighted mean and percentages were used in analyzing the data obtained. The Relative Importance Index (RII) was used to identify and rank the variables. Inferential statistical tool such as multiple regressions were also used in analyzing the relationship between the criterion or dependent variable (land tenure systems) and the predictors or independent variables (agricultural productivity of the selected crops in the selected locations). The study revealed that customary land tenure system is the predominant type of tenure system (60.1%) practiced in the study area. Similarly, agricultural productivity in the study area was shown to be impeded by land tenure insecurity (RII, 0.933963), political/bureaucratic bottlenecks in land rights acquisition for agricultural purposes (0.846154) and tenure rules such as stipulated in the Nigerian Land Use Act of 1978 (RII, 0.65596) among others. The study also showed a strong positive relationship of 0.809 between land tenure systems and agricultural productivity in the study area. The study concluded that for better agricultural productivity in the study area in particular and similar developing economies in general, farmers need to have secured land tenure as this encourages investments in the secured land which consequently improves agricultural productivity.Keywords: Agrarian, land tenure, land reform, tenure security....

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 93%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Land Tenure Systems and Agricultural Productivity in Gombe Nigeria

Dabara¹,

Chiwuzie²,

Omotehinshe³

et al. 2019

26th Annual European Real Estate Society Conference

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“…Though this evolution was reported to have been associated particularly closely with indigenous peoples' advocacy in Latin America, 10 it is arguably part of a wider struggle that also links to the campaign, led by international peasant movements, that ultimately led to the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas. 11 The submissions highlighted some of the practical implications of this ongoing shift to "territory". One related to the reported rise of territorial approaches to public policy, including greater autonomy and accountability in policy processes at the sub-national level, achieved by devolving powers to local institutions.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…CISEPA-PUCP, Peru; CINEP, Colombia. 11 UNGA Resolution A/RES/73/165, 17 December 2018, https://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/73/165. 12 Contribution by SIPAE, Ecuador.…”

Section: From Land To Territory: From New Policy Strategies To Protecmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…On the other hand, a growing body of research has shed light on trends that significantly affect land governance, for example in relation to changes in traditional resource tenure systems (e.g., [9][10][11]), or to large-scale land deals for plantation agriculture (e.g., [1,[12][13][14]). However, questions remain about possible approaches to complement such technical analyses with collective, bottom-up tracking of trends that is led by land governance practitioners themselves.…”

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Between Promising Advances and Deepening Concerns: A Bottom-Up Review of Trends in Land Governance 2015–2018

Cotula

Anseeuw

Baldinelli³

2019

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An evolving land governance context compounds the case for practitioners to closely track developments as they unfold. While much research sheds light on key trends, questions remain about approaches for collective bottom-up analysis led by land governance practitioners themselves. This study presents findings from an initiative to test such an approach. Drawing on written submissions made in response to an open call for contributions, the study discusses global trends in land governance over the period 2015–2018. While not a comprehensive review nor a replacement for empirically grounded research, the study highlights some of the developments practitioners grapple with in their work. The findings point to the contrasting local-to-global trends that affect land governance in diverse agro-ecological and socio-economic settings: Growing commercial pressures on land, and shrinking spaces for dissent in many contexts, coexist with new avenues for public participation in land governance processes; while diverse approaches to securing land rights, whether individual or collective, possibly underpinned by new deployments of digital technology, can coexist or compete for policy traction within the same polity. This bottom-up trends analysis broadly correlates with available accounts based on empirical research, while also providing distinctive emphases that reflect the ways practitioners perceive the changing realities they are engaged with.

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