Investments in farm land in Northern Ethiopia: a household-level analysis of the roles of poverty, tenure security, and conservation
There is a long-standing debate on the relationship between land-related investments and tenure security and most studies in this sense fail to reach a concrete conclusion because of their focus on one side. This paper has employed a separate analysis for short-run farm investments as represented by...
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doaj-ed5a45b0fca74ae5b694a7d8a75b40002020-11-25T03:56:02ZengUniversity of BrawijayaJournal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management2339-076X2020-01-01722017202810.15243/jdmlm.2020.072.2017264Investments in farm land in Northern Ethiopia: a household-level analysis of the roles of poverty, tenure security, and conservationMetkel Aregay Gebreeyosus0Haftu Etsay Kelebe1Teklay Negash Gebregziabher2Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Mekelle UniversityDepartment of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Mekelle UniversityDepartment of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Mekelle UniversityThere is a long-standing debate on the relationship between land-related investments and tenure security and most studies in this sense fail to reach a concrete conclusion because of their focus on one side. This paper has employed a separate analysis for short-run farm investments as represented by spending on farm inputs and long-term investments as represented by hours spent on stone bund building in an attempt to solve this problem. Two Tobit models were estimated to analyze household level determinants of land-related investment decisions by smallholder farmers in Ethiopia and its tenure security implications. The findings revealed that there is no meaningful and significant relationship between tenure security and land-related investments decisions. Poverty status, rather, was found to exert significant negative pressure on investment decisions. Productivity, livestock holding, communal conservation around plot and participation in local government activities are found to be the major determinants of land investments.https://jdmlm.ub.ac.id/index.php/jdmlm/article/view/600ethiopiahouseholdsland investmenttenure securitytobit model |
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Investments in farm land in Northern Ethiopia: a household-level analysis of the roles of poverty, tenure security, and conservation |
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Investments in farm land in Northern Ethiopia: a household-level analysis of the roles of poverty, tenure security, and conservation |
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Investments in farm land in Northern Ethiopia: a household-level analysis of the roles of poverty, tenure security, and conservation |
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Investments in farm land in Northern Ethiopia: a household-level analysis of the roles of poverty, tenure security, and conservation |
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Investments in farm land in Northern Ethiopia: a household-level analysis of the roles of poverty, tenure security, and conservation |
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investments in farm land in northern ethiopia: a household-level analysis of the roles of poverty, tenure security, and conservation |
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University of Brawijaya |
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Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management |
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There is a long-standing debate on the relationship between land-related investments and tenure security and most studies in this sense fail to reach a concrete conclusion because of their focus on one side. This paper has employed a separate analysis for short-run farm investments as represented by spending on farm inputs and long-term investments as represented by hours spent on stone bund building in an attempt to solve this problem. Two Tobit models were estimated to analyze household level determinants of land-related investment decisions by smallholder farmers in Ethiopia and its tenure security implications. The findings revealed that there is no meaningful and significant relationship between tenure security and land-related investments decisions. Poverty status, rather, was found to exert significant negative pressure on investment decisions. Productivity, livestock holding, communal conservation around plot and participation in local government activities are found to be the major determinants of land investments. |
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ethiopia households land investment tenure security tobit model |
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