Land dispute resolution in Mozambique: institutions and evidence of agroforestry technology adoption
Successful adoption of natural resource management technologies requires that important fundamentals of property rights be established. Because disputes over property rights occur universally, the ability to successfully defend one's rights to property exercises a central influence on the tenure sec...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2001
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| author | Unruh, Jon D. |
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| description | Successful adoption of natural resource management technologies requires that important fundamentals of property rights be established. Because disputes over property rights occur universally, the ability to successfully defend one's rights to property exercises a central influence on the tenure security necessary for technology adoption. However, defending rights to property rests upon the possession of evidence that is readily available and widely regarded as legitimate. This paper presents work carried out in postwar Mozambique on the availability and legitimacy of evidence pertaining to land tenure dispute resolution. What is unusual about the Mozambique case is that the physical presence of a natural resource management technology -agroforestry trees in this case - also serves as one of the most widely available and legitimate forms of evidence in the postwar period. Such an arrangement reveals important aspects about the reverse relationship between property rights and technology adoption. While such an evidence role for a technology may at first appear to encourage further adoption of agroforestry, important influences on property rights in the postwar setting serve to discourage full adoption and jeopardize the long-term presence of existing agroforestry trees. It remains to be seen if recent legislative changes regarding property rights will successfully engage customary forms of evidence and encourage full adoption of agroforestry in Mozambique. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1561242025-01-10T06:37:47Z Land dispute resolution in Mozambique: institutions and evidence of agroforestry technology adoption Unruh, Jon D. conflict management natural resources management resource management ownership technology transfer tenure agroforestry multiple use land Successful adoption of natural resource management technologies requires that important fundamentals of property rights be established. Because disputes over property rights occur universally, the ability to successfully defend one's rights to property exercises a central influence on the tenure security necessary for technology adoption. However, defending rights to property rests upon the possession of evidence that is readily available and widely regarded as legitimate. This paper presents work carried out in postwar Mozambique on the availability and legitimacy of evidence pertaining to land tenure dispute resolution. What is unusual about the Mozambique case is that the physical presence of a natural resource management technology -agroforestry trees in this case - also serves as one of the most widely available and legitimate forms of evidence in the postwar period. Such an arrangement reveals important aspects about the reverse relationship between property rights and technology adoption. While such an evidence role for a technology may at first appear to encourage further adoption of agroforestry, important influences on property rights in the postwar setting serve to discourage full adoption and jeopardize the long-term presence of existing agroforestry trees. It remains to be seen if recent legislative changes regarding property rights will successfully engage customary forms of evidence and encourage full adoption of agroforestry in Mozambique. 2001 2024-10-24T12:43:16Z 2024-10-24T12:43:16Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156124 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Unruh, Jon D. 2001. Land dispute resolution in Mozambique: institutions and evidence of agroforestry technology adoption. CAPRi working paper 0012. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156124 |
| spellingShingle | conflict management natural resources management resource management ownership technology transfer tenure agroforestry multiple use land Unruh, Jon D. Land dispute resolution in Mozambique: institutions and evidence of agroforestry technology adoption |
| title | Land dispute resolution in Mozambique: institutions and evidence of agroforestry technology adoption |
| title_full | Land dispute resolution in Mozambique: institutions and evidence of agroforestry technology adoption |
| title_fullStr | Land dispute resolution in Mozambique: institutions and evidence of agroforestry technology adoption |
| title_full_unstemmed | Land dispute resolution in Mozambique: institutions and evidence of agroforestry technology adoption |
| title_short | Land dispute resolution in Mozambique: institutions and evidence of agroforestry technology adoption |
| title_sort | land dispute resolution in mozambique institutions and evidence of agroforestry technology adoption |
| topic | conflict management natural resources management resource management ownership technology transfer tenure agroforestry multiple use land |
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