Nigeria - An Economic Analysis of Natural Resources Sustainability : Land Tenure and Land Degradation Issues

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dc.creatorWorld Bank
dc.date2012-06-13T20:19:04Z
dc.date2012-06-13T20:19:04Z
dc.date2007-07
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:46:36Z
dc.descriptionThe scope and urgency of the threats to Nigeria's rural land are no secret. In 2005, a working group dedicated to formulating a national agricultural land policy began the process with a comprehensive articulation of the challenges facing Nigeria's agricultural land. The litany included recognition that: 1) agricultural land use in the country has been unsustainable, resulting in no fewer than eleven types of extensive land degradation and significant degradation of water resources; 2) the country has not classified its land - including its prime agricultural land - according to its use capabilities, and thus has no foundation for allocating land among uses or creating the mechanisms and processes for such allocation; 3) the majority of Nigeria's farmers are smallholders relying on subsistence-level cultivation practices; 4) the country's agricultural labor pool is shrinking, and practices that promote better conservation of natural resources have been too limited; and 5) the rural areas of the country lack of basic and necessary infrastructure, including roads, water, and health and educational facilities. This part of the report analyzes how Nigeria's land policy and legal framework can support efforts to meet the country's expressed land policy goal of sustainable productivity and additional goals of equity and conflict avoidance. Section two makes a brief overview of the links between land tenure systems, agricultural productivity, and equity; section three makes a review of the customary and formal land tenure systems in Nigeria, and section four makes the same for the formal land tenure system. Section five summarizes the existing legal framework and its impact on productivity, equity and potential for conflict. The last section concludes with specific recommendations for unlocking the potential in the country's rural land to meet the needs of its entire people.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/07/12643508/nigeria-economic-analysis-natural-resources-sustainability-land-tenure-land-degradation-issues
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/7947
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/7947
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/410812
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWashington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectACCESS TO LAND
dc.subjectAFFORESTATION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL LAND
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL LAND MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL LAND USE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRACTICES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectALLOCATION OF LAND
dc.subjectAPPROPRIATION
dc.subjectARABLE LAND
dc.subjectBIODIVERSITY
dc.subjectCLAIMS TO LAND
dc.subjectCLIMATE
dc.subjectCLIMATES
dc.subjectCOMMERCIALIZATION
dc.subjectCOMMON PROPERTIES
dc.subjectCOMMON PROPERTY
dc.subjectCOMMON PROPERTY REGIME
dc.subjectCOMPENSATION
dc.subjectCROPS
dc.subjectCULTIVATED AREA
dc.subjectCULTIVATION
dc.subjectDAIRY PRODUCTS
dc.subjectDEBT
dc.subjectDECISION MAKING
dc.subjectDISEASES
dc.subjectECONOMIC ANALYSIS
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTS
dc.subjectEXPLOITATION
dc.subjectEXTENSION
dc.subjectEXTENSION SERVICES
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectFARMS
dc.subjectFEED
dc.subjectFISHERIES
dc.subjectFODDER
dc.subjectFOOD NEEDS
dc.subjectFOREST
dc.subjectFORESTS
dc.subjectFUEL
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGRASSLAND
dc.subjectGRASSLANDS
dc.subjectHERDERS
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectIRRIGATION
dc.subjectLAND ACQUISITION
dc.subjectLAND ALLOCATION
dc.subjectLAND DEGRADATION
dc.subjectLAND LAW
dc.subjectLAND LEGISLATION
dc.subjectLAND OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectLAND POLICY
dc.subjectLAND PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectLAND RESOURCES
dc.subjectLAND RIGHTS
dc.subjectLAND TENURE
dc.subjectLAND TENURE SYSTEMS
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectLAND USE POLICY
dc.subjectLAND USERS
dc.subjectLAND USES
dc.subjectLIVESTOCK
dc.subjectLOW INCOME
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCE
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCES SUSTAINABILITY
dc.subjectOIL
dc.subjectOPEN ACCESS
dc.subjectOPEN ACCESS REGIME
dc.subjectOPEN ACCESS REGIMES
dc.subjectPARTNERSHIP
dc.subjectPASTORALISTS
dc.subjectPESTS
dc.subjectPOPULATION GROWTH
dc.subjectPOVERTY ALLEVIATION
dc.subjectPRIVATE OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectPRIVATE PROPERTY
dc.subjectPRODUCERS
dc.subjectPROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subjectPUBLIC LANDS
dc.subjectRECLAMATION
dc.subjectRESOURCE CONSERVATION
dc.subjectRESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectROUTES
dc.subjectRURAL COMMUNITY
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectRURAL LIVELIHOODS
dc.subjectSOIL
dc.subjectSOIL FERTILITY
dc.subjectSOILS
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE USE
dc.subjectTIMBER
dc.subjectTIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS
dc.subjectTIMBER RESOURCES
dc.subjectTRANSACTION COSTS
dc.subjectTREES
dc.subjectWATER RESOURCES
dc.subjectWOOD
dc.titleNigeria - An Economic Analysis of Natural Resources Sustainability : Land Tenure and Land Degradation Issues

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