BIP! Finder - Land consolidation on Ghana's rural customary lands: Drawing from The Dutch, Lithuanian and Rwandan experiences

2017 • Land consolidation on Ghana's rural customary lands: Drawing from The Dutch, Lithuanian and Rwandan experiences

Authors: K.O. Asiama; R.M. Bennett; J.A. Zevenbergen

Venue: Journal of Rural Studies

Type: Publication

Abstract: Land consolidation is argued as a tool for increasing food security. However, past attempts to consolidate Sub-Saharan Africa's rural customary lands disregarded the existing land tenure system, and actually undermined food security: land fragmentation, which supported the traditional farming system, was not considered a problem, and more importantly, the projects merely attempted to transfer Western European land consolidation without taking local conditions into account. In response, this study aims to identify the factors that need to be und... (read more)

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Topics: Natural resource economics Economic growth Environmental planning

DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2017.09.007

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