Using household- and plot-level data from Ghana, analyzes the main factors associated with farmers’ perceived tenure security. Individually, farmers perceive greater tenure security on plots acquired via inheritance than on land allocated by traditional authorities. But collectively, perceived tenure security lessens in communities with more active land markets and economic vibrancy. Migrant households and women in polygamous households feel less secure about their tenure, while farmers with political connections are more confident about their tenure security.
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Library ResourceRapports et recherchesjuillet, 2016Ghana, Afrique
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seuls les petits agriculteurs peuvent y parvenir
Documents de politique et mémoiresdécembre, 2003Afrique orientale, Afrique occidentale, Afrique australe, Afrique sub-saharienne, AfriqueContrairement aux prévisions communément admises quant à l’aggravation du déclin économique de l’Afrique, une récente étude présente une vision alternative plus positive de l’avenir de ce continent. De nouveaux engagements politiques, une gestion du programme de développement sous égide africaine ainsi que l’accroissement de l’intérêt et des investissements dans les petites exploitations agricoles ont le potentiel d’arrêter, voire d’inverser la tendance spiroïdale de la famine, de la pauvreté, de la dégradation environnementale, des maladies et des guerres civiles.
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only the small farmer can do it
Documents de politique et mémoiresdécembre, 2002Afrique orientale, Afrique occidentale, Afrique australe, Afrique sub-saharienne, Afrique"In contrast to popular predictions of Africa’s worsening economic decline, recent research supports an alternative and more positive vision of Africa’s future. New political commitment and African ownership of the development agenda, combined with a renewed focus on and investments in smallholder-led agriculture, have the potential to halt or reverse the current downward spiral of hunger, poverty, environmental degradation, disease, and civil strife.
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresdécembre, 2004Afrique occidentale, Afrique sub-saharienne, Afrique, Burkina Faso
"This paper describes the emergence of improved traditional planting pits (zaï) in Burkina Faso in the early 1980s as well as their advantages, disadvantages and impact. The zaï emerged in a context of recurrent droughts and frequent harvest failures, which triggered farmers to start improving this local practice. Despair triggered experimentation and innovation by farmers. These processes were supported and complemented by external intervention. Between 1985 and 2000 substantial public investment has taken place in soil and water conservation (SWC).
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresdécembre, 2015Afrique occidentale, Afrique sub-saharienne, Afrique, Ghana
For decades, policymakers and development practitioners have debated benefits and threats of property rights formalization and private versus customary tenure systems. This paper provides insights into the challenges in understanding and empirically analyzing the relationship between tenure systems and agricultural investment, and formulates policy advice that can support land tenure interventions. We focus on Ghana, based on extensive qualitative fieldwork and a review of empirical research and policy documents.
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Library ResourceRapports et recherchesdécembre, 2013Afrique orientale, Afrique occidentale, Afrique australe, Afrique centrale, Afrique sub-saharienne, Asie méridionale, Afrique, Asie
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Library Resourcejanvier, 2015Nigéria
Utilizing a spatial multi-market model for rice in Nigeria that explicitly takes into account the potential for smuggling, in this paper we analyze the welfare implications of alternative rice tariff rates given the government’s goals of spurring domestic production and reducing imports.
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The costs of action versus inaction
Publication évaluée par des pairsDocuments de politique et mémoiresdécembre, 2011Afrique sub-saharienne, Asie central, Asie méridionale, Amérique du Sud, Afrique, Asie, Niger, Kenya, Ouzbékistan, Inde, Cameroun, PérouIn recent years, prices of agricultural land have increased quickly, actually doubling and tripling in many parts of the world. This land value reassessment has been prompted by rising crop prices and perceived land scarcity. But even as the value of land rises, land degradation continues and investments to prevent it are lagging. Awareness of environmental risks has moved to the forefront of global consciousness during the past 25 years.
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evolution of land tenure institutions in Western Ghana and Sumatra
Documents de politique et mémoiresdécembre, 2001Afrique occidentale, Asia du sud-est, Afrique, Asie, Indonésie, GhanaThis research report examines three questions that are central to IFPRI research: How do property-rights institutions affect efficiency and equity? How are resources allocated within households? Why does this matter from a policy perspective? As part of a larger multicountry study on property rights to land and trees, this study focuses on the evolution from customary land tenure with communal ownership toward individualized rights, and how this shift affects women and men differently.This study’s key contribution is its multilevel econometric analysis of efficiency and equity issues.
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Library ResourcePublication évaluée par des pairsdécembre, 2014Afrique orientale, Afrique occidentale, Afrique australe, Afrique sub-saharienne, Afrique
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