Women's land rights in the transition to individualized ownership: implications for the management of 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. We find that customary land tenure institutions have evolved toward individualized systems to provide incentives to invest in tree planting. H...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
1999
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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. We find that customary land tenure institutions have evolved toward individualized systems to provide incentives to invest in tree planting. However, contrary to the common belief that individualization of land tenure weakens women's land rights, these have been strengthened through inter vivos gifts and the practice of the Intestate Succession Law. Investment in tree planting, in turn, is affected not simply by the level of land tenure security, but also by its expected changes, as tree planting strengthens land tenure security. Cocoa yields are lower on allocated family land and rented land under share tenancy due to distorted work incentives. While men and women are equally likely to plant trees, women obtain lower yields on their cocoa plots, suggesting the presence of gender-specific constraints. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1613672025-11-06T05:15:19Z Women's land rights in the transition to individualized ownership: implications for the management of tree resources in western Ghana Quisumbing, Agnes R. Payongayong, Ellen Aidoo, J. B. Otsuka, Keijiro gender relations land tenure right to property planting crop yield natural resources management gender property rights 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. We find that customary land tenure institutions have evolved toward individualized systems to provide incentives to invest in tree planting. However, contrary to the common belief that individualization of land tenure weakens women's land rights, these have been strengthened through inter vivos gifts and the practice of the Intestate Succession Law. Investment in tree planting, in turn, is affected not simply by the level of land tenure security, but also by its expected changes, as tree planting strengthens land tenure security. Cocoa yields are lower on allocated family land and rented land under share tenancy due to distorted work incentives. While men and women are equally likely to plant trees, women obtain lower yields on their cocoa plots, suggesting the presence of gender-specific constraints. 1999 2024-11-21T09:55:13Z 2024-11-21T09:55:13Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161367 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Payongayong, Ellen; Aidoo, J.B.; Otsuka, Keijiro. 1999. Women's land rights in the transition to individualized ownership;implications for the management of tree resources in western Ghana. FCND Discussion Paper 58. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161367 |
| spellingShingle | gender relations land tenure right to property planting crop yield natural resources management gender property rights Quisumbing, Agnes R. Payongayong, Ellen Aidoo, J. B. Otsuka, Keijiro Women's land rights in the transition to individualized ownership: implications for the management of tree resources in western Ghana |
| title | Women's land rights in the transition to individualized ownership: implications for the management of tree resources in western Ghana |
| title_full | Women's land rights in the transition to individualized ownership: implications for the management of tree resources in western Ghana |
| title_fullStr | Women's land rights in the transition to individualized ownership: implications for the management of tree resources in western Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Women's land rights in the transition to individualized ownership: implications for the management of tree resources in western Ghana |
| title_short | Women's land rights in the transition to individualized ownership: implications for the management of tree resources in western Ghana |
| title_sort | women s land rights in the transition to individualized ownership implications for the management of tree resources in western ghana |
| topic | gender relations land tenure right to property planting crop yield natural resources management gender property rights |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161367 |
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