Women's land rights in the transition to individualized ownership: implications for tree resource management in Western Ghana

Based on a survey of 60 villages in Western Ghana, where cocoa is the dominant crop, this study explores evolutionary changes in land tenure institutions on women's land rights and the efficiency of tree resource management....With increasing population pressure, customary land tenure institutions i...

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Main Authors:	Quisumbing, Agnes R., Payongayong, Ellen, Aidoo, J. B., Otsuka, Keijiro
Format:	Brief
Language:	Inglés
Published:	International Food Policy Research Institute 1998
Subjects:	land tenure land use economic aspects right to property gender relations planting forest management natural resources management gender property rights cocoa beans female farmers
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161420