The Contribution of Land Certification to Sustainable Land Management: Evidence from Meskan Woreda, SNNP Region, Ethiopia.
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2019-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Land certification is the current issue and the government implemented vastly to ensure
landholders tenure security at national level. However, there is little knowledge about the
contribution of land certification for SLM (Sustainable Land Management), credit access and the
perception of farmers about the security of land rights in the study area. Therefore, the initiation
of this study was evaluate perception about contribution of land certification among landholders,
analyze the contribution of land certification on sustainable land management practices and
investigates effectiveness of land certification for access to credit and credit use for appropriate
LMP. Primary data for the study were collected through household questionnaires, observation,
focus group discussions and key informant interviews. Data were both quantitative and
qualitative and analyzed by descriptive statistics such as tables, percentages, chi-square, and
thematic. The result has shown that LC (Land Certification) had a strong association with land
management practices and credit access. Land certification played a significant role to involve
themselves in land management activities than before. However, the research found out most
farmers was carrying out one season of land management. The practice of land management has
been increased due to land certification but, the quality of land management practices has not
considered the sustainability issue. LIFT (Land Investment for Transformation) project played
greater in supporting and monitoring to farmers to apply environmental sustainable agricultural
input and those farmers support by the project were more aware about environmental sustainable
and they use credit effectively. Also, this research found that farmers were taking credit for offfarm activities (fattening. Milk production and poultry production. Due to this, they gave less
priority to investing in the land like agricultural input purchased, irrigation activity as well as
land management practices. This research recommended that the woreda environmental office
should support and monitor the activity of SLM practices done by farmers.
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credit access, land certification, land tenure security, sustainable land management practice