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What is Land Tenure

Chapter 8
Handbook of Research on In-Country Determinants and Implications of Foreign Land Acquisitions
Is an institution, i.e., rules invented by societies to regulate behaviour. Rules of tenure define how property rights to land are to be allocated within societies, which include how access is granted to rights to use, control, and transfer land, as well as associated responsibilities and restraints.
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Foreign Land Acquisition: Food Security and Food Chains – The Nigerian Experience
Olanrewaju E. Ajiboye (Lagos State University, Nigeria) and Olabisi S. Yusuff (Lagos State University, Nigeria)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 21
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-7405-9.ch008
Abstract
Land grabs, a recent phenomena, have been documented to have effects on the activities of the indigenous farmers. This chapter examines the impact of foreign land acquisitions on food security and food chain in Nigeria. Quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection were adopted. A total number of 250 respondents were included in the quantitative sample, and 20 In-Depth Interviews (IDI) were conducted with opinion leaders. The study found the nexus of interaction between foreign land acquisition, commercialization of agriculture, food security, and food chains in Nigeria. The study recommended that the government should not make the process of land acquisition too cumbersome for interested people or agencies to acquire; the government should make efforts to encourage interested local investors in large-scale farming to allow competition to increase food production as well as to sustain the agricultural sector of the national economy.
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Chapter 18
Towards Sustainable Land Management: State-of-the-Art in Land Use Policies of Nepal
Land tenure is termed as a relationship between individuals and groups of people concerning land and land-based resources.
Published in Chapter: Towards Sustainable Land Management: State-of-the-Art in Land Use Policies of Nepal; From: Examining International Land Use Policies, Changes, and Conflicts
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Chapter 7
Food Security Through Rational Land Management: Innovative Aspects and Practices
A relationship, whether legally or customarily defined, among people, as individuals or groups, with respect to land.
Published in Chapter: Food Security Through Rational Land Management: Innovative Aspects and Practices; From: Handbook of Research on Globalized Agricultural Trade and New Challenges for Food Security
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Implications of Foreign Land Acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of Grey Literatures
Land tenure is the name given, particularly in common law systems, to the legal regime in which land is owned by an individual, community or the state.
Published in Chapter: Implications of Foreign Land Acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of Grey Literatures; From: Handbook of Research on In-Country Determinants and Implications of Foreign Land Acquisitions
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Chapter 5
Rural Development and the Struggle for Land Reform in Post-Apartheid South Africa
It is the policy that gives rights and obligations of land to those that has lived on land owned by without securing rights. This programme solve the rights to access to land, not only by securing it, but giving protection and permanent rights to occupiers.
Published in Chapter: Rural Development and the Struggle for Land Reform in Post-Apartheid South Africa; From: African Perspectives on Reshaping Rural Development
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