Famine in the Horn of Africa: Understanding institutional arrangements in land tenure systems
Natural calamities such as drought, famine, and climate change have collided to create a humanitarian crisis. For the Horn of Africa (HoA), famine is among the factors that have caused the worst historical damages to the individual countries. Man-made calamities such as decentralized agricultural, p...
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| author | Azadi, Hossein Burkart, Stefan Moghaddam, Saghi Movahhed Mahmoudi, Hossein Janečková, Kristina Sklenička, Petr Ho, Peter Teklemariam, Dereje Nadiri, Halil |
| author_browse | Azadi, Hossein Burkart, Stefan Ho, Peter Janečková, Kristina Mahmoudi, Hossein Moghaddam, Saghi Movahhed Nadiri, Halil Sklenička, Petr Teklemariam, Dereje |
| author_facet | Azadi, Hossein Burkart, Stefan Moghaddam, Saghi Movahhed Mahmoudi, Hossein Janečková, Kristina Sklenička, Petr Ho, Peter Teklemariam, Dereje Nadiri, Halil |
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| description | Natural calamities such as drought, famine, and climate change have collided to create a humanitarian crisis. For the Horn of Africa (HoA), famine is among the factors that have caused the worst historical damages to the individual countries. Man-made calamities such as decentralized agricultural, pastoral activities and forest clearing are also root causes for the damage. Institutional arrangements (IAs) on land tenure systems and agricultural land conversion (ALC) as a part of this problem will be analyzed in this paper. Poor IAs on land are considered the main cause of insecure land tenure which diminishes the productivity of agriculture in this region, and this, specifically in times of drought, exacerbates famine. Accordingly, the paper explores the idea that to what extent poor IAs on land tenure systems can explain the famine in the HoA. IAs on land comprise two main functions: land quality management and regulation and standard-setting for land utilization. The types of IAs for land often differ. The “optimal” arrangement depends on political, economic, social, climatic, geographical, and technical factors that together form a complex system of IAs. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1131062025-12-12T14:51:39Z Famine in the Horn of Africa: Understanding institutional arrangements in land tenure systems Azadi, Hossein Burkart, Stefan Moghaddam, Saghi Movahhed Mahmoudi, Hossein Janečková, Kristina Sklenička, Petr Ho, Peter Teklemariam, Dereje Nadiri, Halil land management land tenure land ownership Natural calamities such as drought, famine, and climate change have collided to create a humanitarian crisis. For the Horn of Africa (HoA), famine is among the factors that have caused the worst historical damages to the individual countries. Man-made calamities such as decentralized agricultural, pastoral activities and forest clearing are also root causes for the damage. Institutional arrangements (IAs) on land tenure systems and agricultural land conversion (ALC) as a part of this problem will be analyzed in this paper. Poor IAs on land are considered the main cause of insecure land tenure which diminishes the productivity of agriculture in this region, and this, specifically in times of drought, exacerbates famine. Accordingly, the paper explores the idea that to what extent poor IAs on land tenure systems can explain the famine in the HoA. IAs on land comprise two main functions: land quality management and regulation and standard-setting for land utilization. The types of IAs for land often differ. The “optimal” arrangement depends on political, economic, social, climatic, geographical, and technical factors that together form a complex system of IAs. 2022-11-01 2021-03-25T08:29:20Z 2021-03-25T08:29:20Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113106 en Open Access application/pdf Informa UK Limited Azadi, H.; Burkart, S.; Moghaddam, S.M.; Mahmoudi, H.; Janečková, K.; Sklenička, P.; Ho, P.; Teklemariam, D.; Nadiri, J. (2021) Famine in the Horn of Africa: Understanding institutional arrangements in land tenure systems. Food Reviews International. Online first paper (15 March 2021). 17 p. ISSN: 1525-6103 |
| spellingShingle | land management land tenure land ownership Azadi, Hossein Burkart, Stefan Moghaddam, Saghi Movahhed Mahmoudi, Hossein Janečková, Kristina Sklenička, Petr Ho, Peter Teklemariam, Dereje Nadiri, Halil Famine in the Horn of Africa: Understanding institutional arrangements in land tenure systems |
| title | Famine in the Horn of Africa: Understanding institutional arrangements in land tenure systems |
| title_full | Famine in the Horn of Africa: Understanding institutional arrangements in land tenure systems |
| title_fullStr | Famine in the Horn of Africa: Understanding institutional arrangements in land tenure systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Famine in the Horn of Africa: Understanding institutional arrangements in land tenure systems |
| title_short | Famine in the Horn of Africa: Understanding institutional arrangements in land tenure systems |
| title_sort | famine in the horn of africa understanding institutional arrangements in land tenure systems |
| topic | land management land tenure land ownership |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113106 |
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