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Land Tenure and the Management of Land and Trees in Asia and Africa

Year: 1999

Type: article

Abstract: This paper summarizes and extends the results of seven-country projects conducted in Ghana, Uganda, Malawi, Sumatra (Indonesia), Vietnam, Nepal, and Japan on the land tenure institutions and the management of forest, agroforest, and cropland. It is found that traditional or customary land tenure institutions possess no built-in mechanisms to prevent deforestation. They have evolved, however, from communal ownership to individualized ownership so as to provide proper incentives to induce commercial tree planting and the management of tree fields (or agroforestry). It is also found that common property system is efficient for the management of forests producing minor products such as firewood, whereas more individualized system is more efficient for the management of timber forests.

Source: The Japanese Journal of Rural Economics

DOI: 10.18480/jjre.1.25

Author: Keijiro Otsuka

Institutions: International Food Policy Research Institute, Tokyo Metropolitan University

Language: English

Topic: Land Rights and Reforms

Subfield: Soil Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDGs: Life on land, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Tokyo Metropolitan University