Women's land rights in the transition to individualized ownership: implications or tree resources in Western Ghana
This study explores the impact of changes in land tenure institutions on women’s land rights and the efficiency of tree resource management in western Ghana, where cocoa is the dominant crop. Although communal land tenure aims to provide equitable access to land for all households, women’s land righ...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2003
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| author | Quisumbing, Agnes R. Payongayong, Ellen Aidoo, J. B. Otsuka, Keijiro |
| author_browse | Aidoo, J. B. Otsuka, Keijiro Payongayong, Ellen Quisumbing, Agnes R. |
| author_facet | Quisumbing, Agnes R. Payongayong, Ellen Aidoo, J. B. Otsuka, Keijiro |
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| description | This study explores the impact of changes in land tenure institutions on women’s land rights and the efficiency of tree resource management in western Ghana, where cocoa is the dominant crop. Although communal land tenure aims to provide equitable access to land for all households, women’s land rights in the region are weaker than those of men, as is often the case under customary land tenure systems (Lastarria-Cornhiel 1997). If women are blocked from having secure land rights, and therefore from individualized investment in land, the resulting barrier to increased productivity will diminish their incentives to sustain resource use over time (Meinzen-Dick et al. 1997). |
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| spelling | CGSpace1575212025-04-08T18:31:25Z Women's land rights in the transition to individualized ownership: implications or tree resources in Western Ghana Quisumbing, Agnes R. Payongayong, Ellen Aidoo, J. B. Otsuka, Keijiro property women gender developing countries economic theories household budget household consumption nutrition farming systems legal system policies education health empowerment agricultural technology agricultural growth child care property rights natural resources management agricultural policies technology transfer drought vegetables fisheries children This study explores the impact of changes in land tenure institutions on women’s land rights and the efficiency of tree resource management in western Ghana, where cocoa is the dominant crop. Although communal land tenure aims to provide equitable access to land for all households, women’s land rights in the region are weaker than those of men, as is often the case under customary land tenure systems (Lastarria-Cornhiel 1997). If women are blocked from having secure land rights, and therefore from individualized investment in land, the resulting barrier to increased productivity will diminish their incentives to sustain resource use over time (Meinzen-Dick et al. 1997). 2003 2024-10-24T12:50:29Z 2024-10-24T12:50:29Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157521 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Payongayong, Ellen; Aidoo, J. B.; Otsuka, Keijiro. 2003. Women's land rights in the transition to individualized ownership: implications or tree resources in Western Ghana. In Household decisions, gender, and development: a synthesis of recent research. Quisumbing, Agnes R., ed. Chapter 24. Pp. 169-178. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157521 |
| spellingShingle | property women gender developing countries economic theories household budget household consumption nutrition farming systems legal system policies education health empowerment agricultural technology agricultural growth child care property rights natural resources management agricultural policies technology transfer drought vegetables fisheries children Quisumbing, Agnes R. Payongayong, Ellen Aidoo, J. B. Otsuka, Keijiro Women's land rights in the transition to individualized ownership: implications or tree resources in Western Ghana |
| title | Women's land rights in the transition to individualized ownership: implications or tree resources in Western Ghana |
| title_full | Women's land rights in the transition to individualized ownership: implications or tree resources in Western Ghana |
| title_fullStr | Women's land rights in the transition to individualized ownership: implications or tree resources in Western Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Women's land rights in the transition to individualized ownership: implications or tree resources in Western Ghana |
| title_short | Women's land rights in the transition to individualized ownership: implications or tree resources in Western Ghana |
| title_sort | women s land rights in the transition to individualized ownership implications or tree resources in western ghana |
| topic | property women gender developing countries economic theories household budget household consumption nutrition farming systems legal system policies education health empowerment agricultural technology agricultural growth child care property rights natural resources management agricultural policies technology transfer drought vegetables fisheries children |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157521 |
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