Usufruct rights certification and tenure security: the case of communal forest lands in Meket district of Northern Ethiopia

Considerable effort is being made for first-time registration of individual farm plot holdings as part of the execution of federal and regional proclamations issued on rural land administration and use in Ethiopia. But common property resources are not consistently included into the process, making...

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Main Authors: Sintayehu, M., Kassa, H.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 2010
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20717
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description Considerable effort is being made for first-time registration of individual farm plot holdings as part of the execution of federal and regional proclamations issued on rural land administration and use in Ethiopia. But common property resources are not consistently included into the process, making the land administration system rather incomplete. This paper attempted to examine the role of usufruct certification on perceived security of tenure of common property resource users, and to identify determinants of tenure security on common property resources. This study was based on field observation and a formal survey in Meket district of Amhara Region in northern Ethiopia. The study employed descriptive statistics and logistic regression model to examine determinants (socio-economic, policy and institutional variables) of perceived tenure security of common property resource users. Results of the analysis revealed that perceived security of tenure over common property resources is influenced by interplay of a number of explanatory variables, with usufruct certification having an outstanding and positive influence.
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spelling CGSpace207172025-01-24T14:20:23Z Usufruct rights certification and tenure security: the case of communal forest lands in Meket district of Northern Ethiopia Sintayehu, M. Kassa, H. tenure rights property rights Considerable effort is being made for first-time registration of individual farm plot holdings as part of the execution of federal and regional proclamations issued on rural land administration and use in Ethiopia. But common property resources are not consistently included into the process, making the land administration system rather incomplete. This paper attempted to examine the role of usufruct certification on perceived security of tenure of common property resource users, and to identify determinants of tenure security on common property resources. This study was based on field observation and a formal survey in Meket district of Amhara Region in northern Ethiopia. The study employed descriptive statistics and logistic regression model to examine determinants (socio-economic, policy and institutional variables) of perceived tenure security of common property resource users. Results of the analysis revealed that perceived security of tenure over common property resources is influenced by interplay of a number of explanatory variables, with usufruct certification having an outstanding and positive influence. 2010 2012-06-04T09:15:07Z 2012-06-04T09:15:07Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20717 en Sintayehu, M., Kassa, H. 2010. Usufruct rights certification and tenure security: the case of communal forest lands in Meket district of Northern Ethiopia . Journal of Agriculture and Development 1 (1) :1-13.
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Usufruct rights certification and tenure security: the case of communal forest lands in Meket district of Northern Ethiopia
title Usufruct rights certification and tenure security: the case of communal forest lands in Meket district of Northern Ethiopia
title_full Usufruct rights certification and tenure security: the case of communal forest lands in Meket district of Northern Ethiopia
title_fullStr Usufruct rights certification and tenure security: the case of communal forest lands in Meket district of Northern Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Usufruct rights certification and tenure security: the case of communal forest lands in Meket district of Northern Ethiopia
title_short Usufruct rights certification and tenure security: the case of communal forest lands in Meket district of Northern Ethiopia
title_sort usufruct rights certification and tenure security the case of communal forest lands in meket district of northern ethiopia
topic tenure rights
property rights
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20717
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