Author: Thomas Akanpasagi Adeetuk
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural productivity
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Land Tenure and Food Production in Northern Ghana
Author: Thomas Akanpasagi Adeetuk
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural productivity
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural productivity
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Land Tenure and Rural Development
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: FAO
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
This publication deals with key issues in land tenure, especially as they relate to food insecurity and rural development situations. Land tenure issues are frequently ignored in rural development interventions, with often long-lasting, negative results. This guide is designed to assist technical officers in governments and civil society in understanding why and how land tenure issues should be considered in rural development projects. It analyses important contexts such as environmental degradation, gender discrimination, and conflicts, where land tenure is currently of critical concern.
Publisher: FAO
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
This publication deals with key issues in land tenure, especially as they relate to food insecurity and rural development situations. Land tenure issues are frequently ignored in rural development interventions, with often long-lasting, negative results. This guide is designed to assist technical officers in governments and civil society in understanding why and how land tenure issues should be considered in rural development projects. It analyses important contexts such as environmental degradation, gender discrimination, and conflicts, where land tenure is currently of critical concern.
The Profits of Power
Author: Christopher Udry
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
We examine the impact of ambiguous and contested land rights on investment and productivity in agricultural in Akwapim, Ghana. We show that individuals who hold powerful positions in a local political hierarchy have more secure tenure rights, and that as a consequence they invest more in land fertility and have substantially higher output. The intensity of investments on different plots cultivated by a given individual correspond to that individual's security of tenure over those specific plots, and in turn to the individual's position in the political hierarchy relevant to those specific plots. We interpret these results in the context of a simple model of the political allocation of land rights in local matrilineages.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
We examine the impact of ambiguous and contested land rights on investment and productivity in agricultural in Akwapim, Ghana. We show that individuals who hold powerful positions in a local political hierarchy have more secure tenure rights, and that as a consequence they invest more in land fertility and have substantially higher output. The intensity of investments on different plots cultivated by a given individual correspond to that individual's security of tenure over those specific plots, and in turn to the individual's position in the political hierarchy relevant to those specific plots. We interpret these results in the context of a simple model of the political allocation of land rights in local matrilineages.
Land Tenure and Food Security
Author: Daniel G. Maxwell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Global Restructuring and Land Rights in Ghana
Author: Kojo Amanor
Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute
ISBN: 9789171064370
Category : Forest conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The report highlights the long history of commodification of land and labour in Ghana, linked to speculative activities and more recently to the activities of international capital, agribusiness, international agricultural centres, and agencies of the state. It makes the case for a new land, agrarian and natural resource regime that prioritises domestic economic needs to provide security of livelihood to the generality of the people.
Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute
ISBN: 9789171064370
Category : Forest conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The report highlights the long history of commodification of land and labour in Ghana, linked to speculative activities and more recently to the activities of international capital, agribusiness, international agricultural centres, and agencies of the state. It makes the case for a new land, agrarian and natural resource regime that prioritises domestic economic needs to provide security of livelihood to the generality of the people.
Landownership and the gender gap in agriculture: Disappointing insights from Northern Ghana
Author: Yokying, Phanwin
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 51
Book Description
Land provides the basis for food production and is an indispensable input for economic livelihoods in rural areas. Landownership is strongly associated with social and economic power, not only across communities and households, but also within households. The link between landownership and women’s empowerment has been relatively well documented in general, but not specifically in relation to agriculture. This paper aims to fill this gap by analyzing how ownership of land is associated with agency and achievements in agriculture among female and male farmers in northern Ghana, a region transitioning from customary land tenure without individual ownership rights towards a more individualized and market-based tenure system. We use a recursive bivariate probit model and focus on eight different indicators in four distinct domains: decisions on agricultural cultivation, decisions on farm income, agricultural association membership, and time allocation. Our empirical estimates indicate that landownership is positively correlated with men’s and women’s agency in agriculture, namely in decisions on agricultural cultivation and membership in agricultural association. Yet, we also find that the gender gaps in participation in cultivation decisions, the use of agricultural earnings, and in agricultural workload continue to persist among those who own land. While the results underscore the importance of land as a resource that can enhance women’s agency, they also point out that policies aiming to solely advance land rights may not be sufficient to eradicate or even reduce gender inequality in agriculture.
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 51
Book Description
Land provides the basis for food production and is an indispensable input for economic livelihoods in rural areas. Landownership is strongly associated with social and economic power, not only across communities and households, but also within households. The link between landownership and women’s empowerment has been relatively well documented in general, but not specifically in relation to agriculture. This paper aims to fill this gap by analyzing how ownership of land is associated with agency and achievements in agriculture among female and male farmers in northern Ghana, a region transitioning from customary land tenure without individual ownership rights towards a more individualized and market-based tenure system. We use a recursive bivariate probit model and focus on eight different indicators in four distinct domains: decisions on agricultural cultivation, decisions on farm income, agricultural association membership, and time allocation. Our empirical estimates indicate that landownership is positively correlated with men’s and women’s agency in agriculture, namely in decisions on agricultural cultivation and membership in agricultural association. Yet, we also find that the gender gaps in participation in cultivation decisions, the use of agricultural earnings, and in agricultural workload continue to persist among those who own land. While the results underscore the importance of land as a resource that can enhance women’s agency, they also point out that policies aiming to solely advance land rights may not be sufficient to eradicate or even reduce gender inequality in agriculture.
Land Tenure and Investment in African Agriculture
Author: Richard L. Barrows
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Land Tenure and Land Use in Southern Togo
Author: Joshua T. Bishop
Publisher: IIED
ISBN: 1843692309
Category : Household surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
Publisher: IIED
ISBN: 1843692309
Category : Household surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
Africa's Land Rush
Author: Ruth Hall
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1847011306
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Interrogates the narratives of land grabbing and agricultural investment through detailed local studies that illuminate how these are experienced on the ground and the implications for Africa's land and agricultural economy.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1847011306
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Interrogates the narratives of land grabbing and agricultural investment through detailed local studies that illuminate how these are experienced on the ground and the implications for Africa's land and agricultural economy.
Land, Labour and the Family in Southern Ghana
Author: Kojo Amanor
Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute
ISBN: 9789171064684
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
This report is based on field work carried out in the Akyem Abuakwa area of the forest region of Ghana, a section of the country rich in agricultural land, gold, and diamonds. Through the field work which was undertaken and the empirical material generated, the author attempts to chart the processes and patterns of differentiation connected to land and land use in contemporary Ghana.
Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute
ISBN: 9789171064684
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
This report is based on field work carried out in the Akyem Abuakwa area of the forest region of Ghana, a section of the country rich in agricultural land, gold, and diamonds. Through the field work which was undertaken and the empirical material generated, the author attempts to chart the processes and patterns of differentiation connected to land and land use in contemporary Ghana.