Measuring the production efficiency of alternative land tenure contracts in a mixed crop-livestock system in Ethiopia

A major argument put forward in favour of individualised land rights in sub-Saharan Africa is that farmlands held under exclusive and secure rights are more productive than farmlands held under other public or customary forms of tenure. If true, this argument implies that reforms to individualise la...

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Autores principales: Gavian, S., Ehui, Simeon K.
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Livestock Research Institute 1998
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50077
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description A major argument put forward in favour of individualised land rights in sub-Saharan Africa is that farmlands held under exclusive and secure rights are more productive than farmlands held under other public or customary forms of tenure. If true, this argument implies that reforms to individualise land improve production efficiency and relegate efforts to develop technologies to a secondary position. From a public policy view point, better information on the relative efficiency of farmlands under different tenure contracts would provide a better indication of how land tenure systems affect resource use and the hence the overall productivity of farming operations. Despite the importance of the question of relative production efficiency of indigenous land rights, the subject has not benefited from rigorous empirical analysis, largely due to lack of sufficiently disaggregated data. This study examines the relative production efficiency of alternative land tenure arrangements and the sources of differences in productivity levels in a fairly productive, mixed farming system in the Ethiopian highlands.
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spelling CGSpace500772025-11-04T14:12:24Z Measuring the production efficiency of alternative land tenure contracts in a mixed crop-livestock system in Ethiopia Gavian, S. Ehui, Simeon K. mixed farming tenure contracts productivity plant production animal production A major argument put forward in favour of individualised land rights in sub-Saharan Africa is that farmlands held under exclusive and secure rights are more productive than farmlands held under other public or customary forms of tenure. If true, this argument implies that reforms to individualise land improve production efficiency and relegate efforts to develop technologies to a secondary position. From a public policy view point, better information on the relative efficiency of farmlands under different tenure contracts would provide a better indication of how land tenure systems affect resource use and the hence the overall productivity of farming operations. Despite the importance of the question of relative production efficiency of indigenous land rights, the subject has not benefited from rigorous empirical analysis, largely due to lack of sufficiently disaggregated data. This study examines the relative production efficiency of alternative land tenure arrangements and the sources of differences in productivity levels in a fairly productive, mixed farming system in the Ethiopian highlands. 1998 2014-10-31T06:08:46Z 2014-10-31T06:08:46Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50077 en Open Access application/pdf International Livestock Research Institute
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animal production
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Measuring the production efficiency of alternative land tenure contracts in a mixed crop-livestock system in Ethiopia
title Measuring the production efficiency of alternative land tenure contracts in a mixed crop-livestock system in Ethiopia
title_full Measuring the production efficiency of alternative land tenure contracts in a mixed crop-livestock system in Ethiopia
title_fullStr Measuring the production efficiency of alternative land tenure contracts in a mixed crop-livestock system in Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Measuring the production efficiency of alternative land tenure contracts in a mixed crop-livestock system in Ethiopia
title_short Measuring the production efficiency of alternative land tenure contracts in a mixed crop-livestock system in Ethiopia
title_sort measuring the production efficiency of alternative land tenure contracts in a mixed crop livestock system in ethiopia
topic mixed farming
tenure
contracts
productivity
plant production
animal production
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