Land tenure and the management of land and trees: the case of customary land tenure areas of Ghana

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dc.creatorOtsuka, Keijiro
dc.creatorQuisumbing, Agnes R.
dc.creatorPayongayong, Ellen
dc.creatorAidoo, J. B.
dc.date2003-02
dc.date2024-10-24T12:51:48Z
dc.date2024-10-24T12:51:48Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:28:39Z
dc.descriptionThis study explores the effects of land tenure institutions on land use and management using household date from cocoa growing areas of Ghana. Various land tenure institutions with different land rights coexist in our sites, such as allocated family land, inherited land, appropriated village land, and land received as gift. While tree planting and the decision to leave land fallow may be affected by land tenure status, there are no significant differences in labor allocation and revenue of both cocoa and food crops among parcels under different land tenure institutions. These results support the hypothesis that management incentives of cocoa fields, but not food crop fields, tend to be equalized due to the incentive-enhancing effects of granting secure land rights after efforts to plant cocoa trees are expended.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/157774
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/105576
dc.languageen
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceOtsuka, Keijiro; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Payongayong, Ellen; Aidoo, J. B. 2003. Land tenure and the management of land and trees: the case of customary land tenure areas of Ghana. Environment and Development Economics 8(1): 77-104. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X03000056
dc.subjectland tenure
dc.subjecttrees
dc.subjectland management
dc.titleLand tenure and the management of land and trees: the case of customary land tenure areas of Ghana
dc.typeJournal Article

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