Land Tenure and Agricultural Productivity in Africa: A Comparative Analysis of the Economics Literature and Recent Policy Strategies and Reforms

By F. Place. 2009

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Subfields: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Soil Science, Urban Studies

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Environmental and Gender Impacts of Land Tenure Regularization in Africa: Pilot Evidence from Rwanda (2011, background): “has not only brought land back to the policy agenda (Place 2009) but also creates a need for empirical”
Challenges and opportunities in linking carbon sequestration, livelihoods and ecosystem service provision in drylands (2012, background): “Control over land shapes land use and the willingness of land users to incur costs in implementing land management practices (Place, 2009).”
Land Tenure and Investment Incentives: Evidence from West Africa (2011, background): “In a recent survey of this literature, Place (2009) has concluded that: [S]tronger land rights and presence of land title are often associated with an increased likelihood of investment for certain types of investment, e.g. tree planting, fencing, and manuring.”
Women's land rights as a pathway to poverty reduction: Framework and review of available evidence (2017, background): “Following the general literature on impacts of land tenure security as well as WLR specifically, we could expect to see direct effects in terms of resilience to shocks, technology adoption, NRM practices, credit, government services and institutions, and empowerment (Deininger 2003; FAO 2002; Grown,”
Are medium‐scale farms driving agricultural transformation in sub‐Saharan Africa? (2019, background): “…Africa through private, freehold titles have failed may have decreased tenure security in cases where formal land administration systems proved less capable than customary systems of protecting rights (Atwood, 1990; Carter & Wiebe, 1990; Lawry et al., 2014; MigotAdholla et al. 1994; Place, 2009).”
Gender, Weather Shocks and Welfare: Evidence from Malawi (2018, background): “The probability of investing in these technologies decreases considerably because of the instability and the risk of land requisition by other relatives (Lovo, 2016; Place, 2009).”
The impact of land property rights interventions on investment and agricultural productivity in developing countries: a systematic review (2017, background): “Much of the literature underscores the complexity of attribution and the importance of context (Place 2009) to understanding relationships between security, registration and productivity, and to understanding gender dimensions.”
Tenure Insecurity and Investment in Soil Conservation. Evidence from Malawi (2013, background): “(a) Tenure insecurity and land-related investment The relationship between tenure insecurity and land-related investment has been widely studied in the literature (Place, 2009).”
The roles of land tenure reforms and land markets in the context of population growth and land use intensification in Africa (2014, background): “Although this issue has been reviewed by Place (2009), Fenske (2011), among other authors, we attempt to draw clearer conclusions concerning the policy implications for land tenure reforms.”