Land tenure differences and investment in land improvement measures: Theoretical and empirical analyses

This article develops a theoretical framework to examine the relationship between land tenure arrangements and households' investment in soil-improving and conservation measures. It then analyzes this relationship with a multivariate probit model based on detailed plot-level data from villages...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of development economics 2011-09, Vol.96 (1), p.66-78
Hauptverfasser: Abdulai, Awudu, Owusu, Victor, Goetz, Renan
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This article develops a theoretical framework to examine the relationship between land tenure arrangements and households' investment in soil-improving and conservation measures. It then analyzes this relationship with a multivariate probit model based on detailed plot-level data from villages in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. A major hypothesis tested is that investment in productivity-enhancing and conservation techniques are influenced by land tenure arrangements. The theoretical analysis and empirical results generally reveal that land tenure differences significantly influence farmers' decisions to invest in land-improving and conservation measures. The findings also show that tenure security does affect farm productivity.
ISSN:0304-3878
1872-6089
DOI:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2010.08.002