Drivers of perceived land tenure (in)security: Empirical evidence from Ghana

Perceived tenure (in)security in the era of rural transformation: Gender-disaggregated analysis from Mozambique

“…This could be due to the fact that, in addition to the common tenure security risks that may equally affect female heads and female spouses, women as spouses face an additional risk of losing their land to their male partners -especially, in countries such as Mozambique with patrilinear systems (Arnaldo 2004). This is consistent with findings from a similar study by Ghebru and Lambrecht (2017) in Ghana, in which perceived tenure insecurity was found to be higher for women in male-headed households. Results reported in Models 1-3 of Table 6.2 further illustrate, by gender and social status, the factors associated with perceived tenure (in)security for the various groups.…”

“…Tenure insecurity of individuals/households may depend on demographic and economic changes, formalization of land rights, land market activities, community specific factors, etc. (Ghebru and Lambrecht 2017). However, the effect of these factors on tenure insecurity may vary depending on the sources of tenure insecurity.…”

Landownership and the gender gap in agriculture: Disappointing insights from Northern Ghana

“…Muslim households typically grant greater land rights and household autonomy to men than women (Sait and Lim, 2006), whereas matrilineal ethnic groups, such as the Akan ethnic group, may give women greater access to land and autonomy compared to the patrilineal ethnic groups (Duncan, 2010). Living in polygamous households has also been documented to affect individuals' landownership along with decision-making roles (Ghebru and Lambrecht, 2017;Ichowitz and Mohanty, 2015). Through a number of pathways, the household composition, such as the number of men and women of similar, older or younger age categories, can affect whether one is able to cultivate land and an individual's agency and achievements in agriculture (Wiig, 2013;Quisumbing et al, 2001).…”

“…Lastly, distance to the nearest secondary road is likely to affect self-reported landownership. More accessible locations are more likely to be integrated in more market-oriented land tenure systems, as opposed to customary systems with little individual landownership (Ghebru and Lambrecht, 2017), yet there may be more competition for land (Kleemann et al, 2017). Moreover, communities in more remote areas are often observed to have more traditional gender attitudes, 11 The asset terciles are based on the household asset index.…”

Historical trajectories and prospective scenarios for collective land tenure reforms in community forest areas in Colombia

“…However, this kind of policy has focused more on individual land ownership as a tool to promote farm investment, natural resource conservation and production process efficiency (Heltberg 2002;World Bank 2003). Less attention has been given to enhance the potential and advantages of collective ancestral land ownership, which can offer equal or higher levels of land tenure security (Bromley 2008;Ghebru and Lambrecht 2017;Peña et al 2011). …”