Land policy

Doebele, William A.

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“…If they do not agree to purchase the land at the stipulated price, the government should purchase the land and then sell it to the owners of contiguous plots [107]. Such legal provision has also been made in Nepal to prevent land fragmentation [108]. Farmers willing to sell any plot of land must first offer it to the owners of the contiguous plots of land.…”

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“…Land taxes must be imposed as a policy on land purchases: This is levied in areas where there are no immediate buyers, but farmers are willing to sell land and migrate elsewhere, as in the case of some villages in Nepal [108] [109]. Governments may decide to plant trees in such lands if they are in inaccessible areas such as watershed areas, valleys, and wetlands thereby providing benefits to the society as a whole.…”

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The Impacts and Causes of Land Fragmentation on Farm Productivity: Case Review of East African Countries

Mayele,

Kolleh,

Saburi

2024

OJE

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This report provides an overall assessment of land fragmentation problems in East Africa. Many parts of East Africa have become highly fragmented, putting development systems and activities in these areas at risk of complete collapse. Land fragmentation occurs when land gets converted for agriculture, industrialization, or urbanization, invaded by non-local plants, or enclosed for individual use and by subdividing farmlands into subsequent smaller units called parcels with varying average farm sizes. Fragmentation results from inappropriate agricultural development processes and ineffective land use planning that fails to recognize how farmland is used, and the importance of its interconnected areas. Insecurity of tenure and resource rights are key factors in making this possible. Land fragmentation is one of the key reasons why the ability of most resources in East Africa becomes scarcer, and those remaining become "privatized" by more powerful community members-keen to maintain their access to them. Such individualistic attitudes are new and disadvantage the poorest even further by affecting the traditional customary safety nets and agricultural outputs. Neither the government nor customary governance systems effectively protect resource access for the poorest. This review summary report identifies the key causes, measures, and implications, government interventions, and the common remedies to land fragmentation problems in the East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and Tanzania including neighboring Ethiopia, and the Sudan. The findings indicated from 2005 to 2015, the population kept increasing for all the named countries in East Africa with Rwanda and Uganda having a substantial increase in population density. The study review further explores the

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Section: Common Remedies To Land Fragmentation Problems In East Africamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Common Remedies To Land Fragmentation Problems In East Africamentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impacts and Causes of Land Fragmentation on Farm Productivity: Case Review of East African Countries

Mayele,

Kolleh,

Saburi

2024

OJE

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The Price of Land for Housing in Trinidad: The Role of Regulatory Constraints and Implications for Affordability

Pamuk

Dowall

1998

Urban Studies

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Institutional and regulatory environments have a profound impact on land markets and prices. This paper argues that affordability of land and housing ownership in less developed countries is largely affected by cumbersome land transfer processes and an uncertain building permit approval process. It examines the impact of these constraints on land markets and affordability in Trinidad. By using Dowall's land market assessment methodology, the paper examines land price changes and land conversion patterns in the East-West Corridor region of Trinidad between 1989 and 1993. While prices of fully registered and serviced land have remained stable during this period (unlike many cases of 'skyrocketing' land prices reported in the literature), an examination of institutional and regulatory constraints suggests that land prices are likely to increase in the future when demand conditions become more favourable. These constraints have certainly played a significant role in the expansion of unauthorised housing settlements as documented by household survey results.

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Land policy

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The Impacts and Causes of Land Fragmentation on Farm Productivity: Case Review of East African Countries

The Impacts and Causes of Land Fragmentation on Farm Productivity: Case Review of East African Countries

The Price of Land for Housing in Trinidad: The Role of Regulatory Constraints and Implications for Affordability

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