The Effect of Tenure Security and Land Fragmentation on Productivity and Investment in Smallholder Agriculture: Evidence from Tiyo Woreda, Arsi, Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Admassie, Assefa (Dr.) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Teklu, Amare | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-07-22T07:18:52Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-04T10:30:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-07-22T07:18:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-04T10:30:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1998-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Heavy state intervention over rural lands, lack of established legal and institutional framework to access, use and transfer land has ca u se d land tenure insecurity in Ethiopia. At the same time, population pressure, periodic land redistribution and inheritance practices led to subdivision of holdings as the number of young landless farmers grew up with no alternative off-farm employment opportunity. Despite the prevalence of the problem, there have not been rigorous empirical investigations that explicitly address the issue of tenure insecurity and land fragmentation in relation to agricultural productivity in Ethiopia. This study is undertaken to investigate whether the existing land tenure system in Ethiopia affects farm productivity and resource management practices . Specifically, it tests the general hypothesis that tenure insecurity and fragmentation of holdings undermine productivity and discourage land improvements. Based on a household survey data from Arsi, the study has supported the proposition that land tenure insecurity and fragmentation have significant effect on productivity and land improving investments. Though the study does n ot provide evidence to support t he direct impact of tenure insecurity on Input application , the results implied that the disincentive effects of tenure insecurity on land improvements could contribute t o lower productivity of land in the long-term. Fragmentation of holdings, on the other hand, is found to undermine productivity directly by affecting the management of farming operations as well as through its negative effect on input u se. The study also found that land fragmentation discourages farmers' incentive to manure their fields. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/27308 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | A.A.U | en_US |
| dc.subject | Evidence from Tiyo Woreda, Arsi, Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.subject | Productivity and Investment in Smallholder Agriculture | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tenure Security and Land Fragmentation | en_US |
| dc.title | The Effect of Tenure Security and Land Fragmentation on Productivity and Investment in Smallholder Agriculture: Evidence from Tiyo Woreda, Arsi, Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |