Impact of land tenure and other socioeconomic factors on mountain terrace maintenance in Yemen

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dc.creatorAw-Hassan, Aden
dc.creatorAlsanabani, Mohammed
dc.creatorBamatraf, Abdul Rahman
dc.date2000
dc.date2024-10-24T12:43:03Z
dc.date2024-10-24T12:43:03Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:29:21Z
dc.descriptionThis paper describes the land property rights and tenure systems in the western escarpments of the Yemeni Highlands, and analyses the impact of land tenure arrangements and other socioeconomic factors on terrace maintenance. Owner-cultivated land is dominant in the terraced area, but more than one-third of the land is sharecropped. Terraces cultivated by landowners have a lower number of broken walls per hectare than those cultivated by tenants under sharecropping arrangements. This is more significant on sharecropped public (state and waqf) than private lands the reason being the lack of clearly defined responsibilities between tenants and landowners for maintenance and cost sharing. These responsibilities are defined in the customary rules of land use, but uneven power distribution, which favors landlords, results in lack of clear rules and enforcement mechanisms. The study recommends government action in strengthening existing local institutions in documenting sharecropping contracts, improving and targeting agricultural credit services, instituting better price policies, and improving technologies for farmers. These measures will likely increase land users’ expected returns to investment, particularly for food crops, and increase landowners’ willingness to invest in terrace maintenance.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/156035
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/105933
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceAw-Hassan, Aden; Alsanabani, Mohammed; Bamatraf, Abdul Rahman. 2000. Impact of land tenure and other socioeconomic factors on mountain terrace maintenance in Yemen. CAPRi working paper 0003. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156035
dc.subjectownership
dc.subjecttenure
dc.subjectterrace cropping
dc.subjectsharecropping
dc.subjectcommons
dc.subjectland use
dc.subjectstate intervention
dc.subjectappropriate technology
dc.subjecttechnology transfer
dc.titleImpact of land tenure and other socioeconomic factors on mountain terrace maintenance in Yemen
dc.typeWorking Paper

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