Relations between land tenure security and agricultural productivity: Exploring the effect of land registration

U Alban Singirankabo, M Willem Ertsen - Land, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper reviews the scholarly literature discussing the effect (s) of land registration on the
relations between land tenure security and agricultural productivity. Using 85 studies, the …

[HTML][HTML] Adoption of agricultural technology in the develo** world: A meta-analysis of the empirical literature

S Ruzzante, R Labarta, A Bilton - World Development, 2021 - Elsevier
Agricultural technologies have long been promoted by governments and development
organizations as effective ways to increase farm productivity and reduce poverty. However …

The challenges posed by demographic change in sub-Saharan Africa: A concise overview

J Cleland, K Machiyama - Population and Development Review, 2017 - JSTOR
In the early years of the twenty-first century, economic growth Saharan Africa (henceforth
Africa) was buoyant, with annual re growth of close to 7 percent. The collapse of commodity …

Participation in rural land rental markets in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Who benefits and by how much? Evidence from Malawi and Zambia

J Chamberlin, J Ricker‐Gilbert - American Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We use nationally representative household‐level panel survey data in two neighboring
countries in Southern Africa—Zambia and Malawi—to characterize the current status of rural …

Factors associated with household food security in Zambia

W Nkomoki, M Bavorová, J Banout - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Food security is a global challenge and threatens mainly smallholder farmers in develo**
countries. The main aim of this paper is to determine factors that are associated with food …

Examining the impact of land consolidation titling policy on farmers' fertiliser use: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China

X Hu, K Su, W Chen, S Yao, L Zhang - Land use policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Prior studies emphasize more on the importance of land titling, but do not explored the
institutional effects of a specific land titling policy. Then, this paper explores the effect of land …

Selecting the state or choosing the chief? The political determinants of smallholder land titling

L Honig - World Development, 2017 - Elsevier
This article examines the effect of customary institutions on smallholder land titling in Sub-
Saharan Africa. It argues that the individual's status within the customary institution …

[HTML][HTML] Large-scale acquisitions of communal land in the Global South: Assessing the risks and formulating policy recommendations

JAR Barajas, C Kubitza, J Lay - Land Use Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
This article conceptualises and empirically assesses the socioeconomic and environmental
risks of large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) for communal lands in the Global South …

Land titling program and farmland rental market participation in China: Evidence from pilot provinces

Y Wang, X Li, W Li, M Tan - Land use policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Because of the incompleteness and instability of property rights, high transaction costs have
hindered the development of the farmland rental market in China and reduced the efficiency …

Institutional determinants of large land-based investments' performance in Zambia: Does title enhance productivity and structural transformation?

DA Ali, K Deininger - World Development, 2022 - Elsevier
The importance of well-functioning land markets for structural transformation via labor
movements to the non-agricultural sector, farm size growth, and the ability to use land as …