Women’s Land Rights and Agricultural Productivity in Uganda

Mwesigye, Francis; Guloba, Madina; Barungi, Mildred

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-14935-2_5

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“…The success of CSA depends on the coordination of its three interdependent pillars-productivity, adaptation, and mitigation. Productivity is the first pillar of CSA and is focused on increasing agricultural productivity and income from various sources, including crops, while remaining environmentally conscious (Mwesigye et al, 2020). With increased productivity, food and nutritional security are improved.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Farmers' adoption of CSA impacts the outcomes of these three pillars because climate-smart technologies and practices are influenced by intersectional and contextual factors, especially among communities that are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The most influential contextual factors influencing the implementation of climate-smart technologies are human capital, physical capital, financial capital, and social capital (Mwesigye et al, 2020;Nsanja et al, 2021). In addition to contextual factors, intersectional factors (such as age, gender, marital status, farmers' occupation, and type of household) also influence the implementation of CSA.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The implementation of CSA practices requires additional financing. Inadequate finance has been a significant challenge in adopting climate-smart technologies, especially among smallholder farmers (Mwesigye et al, 2020;Nsanja et al, 2021). Thus, off-farm income can benefit smallholder farmers and positively influence the adoption of climate practices.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Gender differences in climate-smart adaptation practices amongst bean-producing farmers in Malawi: The case of Linthipe Extension Planning Area

Nchanji

Kabuli²,

Nyamolo

et al. 2022

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Agriculture is amongst the vulnerable sectors to climate change and its associated impacts. Most women are more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change than men. Climate Smart Agriculture ensures increased productivity thereby enabling food security, income security and wealth creation amongst the farming households. A study was carried out to understand the gender differences in access and use of climate-smart agriculture, challenges and solutions that men and women farmers use to adapt to climate change. Data was collected from 246 randomly sampled households from 14 villages at Linthipe Extension Planning in Dedza district in Malawi. The multivariate probit model was employed to understand the influence of sociodemographic, farm-level, and institutional factors in the application of climate-smart agriculture in the study area. Findings from this study indicate that there are differences in the adoption and use of climate-smart agriculture technologies in bean production amongst different gender categories. More women compared to men and youths tend to use fertilizer, use improved seeds and plant early in order to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Most men adopt and use irrigation, whilst the youth mostly adopted and used pesticides and conservation agriculture practices. The study recommends policies that would ensure the promotion of gender-responsive climate-smart agriculture technologies, improved access to inputs, and capacity building through training.

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Section: Conceptual Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Conceptual Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Gender differences in climate-smart adaptation practices amongst bean-producing farmers in Malawi: The case of Linthipe Extension Planning Area

Nchanji

Kabuli²,

Nyamolo

et al. 2022

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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“…Accessibility of extension services from the Government and other development agricultural organizations are crucial determinants of land ownership arrangements from the farmers (Mwesigye et al, 2020). The study used cross-sectional data on investigating the status of farmers' land rights specifically on women and their implications for agricultural productivity in Uganda.…”

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An Econometric Analysis of Maize Farmer’s Choice of Land Ownership Systems: Evidence Using Panel Data from Tanzania

Lasway

Selejio

2021

Afr. Rev.

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This paper determines the socioeconomic and physical characteristics that influence maize farmer’s choice of land ownership systems in Tanzania, i.e., owned, sharecropped, and rented title land. The paper uses the Tanzania National Panel Survey (TZNPS) data basing on 2,073 observations comprising of a sample size of 691 households in three consecutive waves 2008/2009, 2010/2011, and 2012/2013. Using a t-test for mean comparison, the paper found that there is a significant difference between male and female-headed households across socioeconomic and physical factors determining the choice of land ownership systems among maize smallholder farmers. Moreover, the paper findings revealed that 90 percent, 7 percent, and 3 percent of the sampled maize smallholder farmers chose to farm under-owned, shared, and rented title land system respectively. Furthermore, the econometric analysis which is grounded from the multinomial logit regression model showed that accessibility, farm size, quantity harvested, accessibility of extension services, gender, household size, and age are all pertinent in influencing the smallholder maize farmer’s choice of land ownership. The paper recommends that these characteristics of the smallholder maize producers should be critically considered when formulating any land and agricultural policies to enhance proper decision making by smallholder farmers on the choice of land ownership system that may led to sustainable agricultural production, productivity, and food security in developing countries particularly in Tanzania.

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“…For example, two recent studies from Uganda, and Tanzania and Ethiopia, found that while female operated plots and farms displayed lower yield levels, possibly as a result of lower input levels, the granting of land ownership rights to women for the land could have the potential to significantly increase productivity. This suggests that productivity differences based on gender may be a result of land tenure status inequalities [64,65]. Given that land tenure rights in the Jordan Valley are highly skewed toward male ownership, as outlined by participants in the pathways to development interviews and workshops, it is likely that similar challenges will be present there too [66].…”

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Land Tenure Insecurity Constrains Cropping System Investment in the Jordan Valley of the West Bank

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The annual income of small-scale farmers in the Jordan Valley, West Bank, Palestine remains persistently low compared to other sectors. The objective of this study was therefore to explore some of the main barriers to reducing poverty and increasing farm income in the region. A “Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey” (RHoMIS) was conducted with 248 farmers in the three governorates of the Jordan Valley. The results of the survey were verified in a series of stakeholder interviews and participatory workshops where farmers and stakeholders provided detailed insight with regard to the relationships between land tenure status, farm management, and poverty. The analyses of the data revealed that differences in cropping system were significantly associated with land tenure status, such that rented land displayed a greater proportion of open field cropping, while owned land and sharecropping tenure status displayed greater proportions of production systems that require greater initial investment (i.e., perennial and greenhouse). Moreover, as confirmed by a structural equation model and the interviews and workshops these associations led to significant differences in farm income and progress out of poverty index scores. However, while sharecropping farms enjoyed the benefits of being able to invest in longer-term, more profitable farming strategies, questions were raised regarding the sustainability of these farms as well as the vulnerability of the farming households that manage the land. We concluded that small-scale agricultural development in the Jordan Valley relies on farming households achieving more secure land tenure and that rural development agencies should prioritise farming households that rent land and practice open field cropping systems within their projects and programmes.

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Women’s Land Rights and Agricultural Productivity in Uganda

Cited by 5 publications

References 17 publications

Gender differences in climate-smart adaptation practices amongst bean-producing farmers in Malawi: The case of Linthipe Extension Planning Area

Gender differences in climate-smart adaptation practices amongst bean-producing farmers in Malawi: The case of Linthipe Extension Planning Area

An Econometric Analysis of Maize Farmer’s Choice of Land Ownership Systems: Evidence Using Panel Data from Tanzania

Land Tenure Insecurity Constrains Cropping System Investment in the Jordan Valley of the West Bank

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