Women's land rights in the transition to individualized ownership: implications for tree resource management in Western Ghana

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dc.creatorQuisumbing, Agnes R.
dc.creatorPayongayong, Ellen
dc.creatorAidoo, J. B.
dc.creatorOtsuka, Keijiro
dc.date1998
dc.date2024-11-21T09:55:36Z
dc.date2024-11-21T09:55:36Z
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dc.descriptionBased on a survey of 60 villages in Western Ghana, where cocoa is the dominant crop, this study explores evolutionary changes in land tenure institutions on women's land rights and the efficiency of tree resource management....With increasing population pressure, customary land tenure institutions in Western Ghana have evolved toward individualized systems in order to provide appropriate incentives to invest in tree planting and management. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, individualization of land rights has strengthened women’s rights to land. If labor-intensive agriculture increases the demand for female labor, as in the case of cocoa in Ghana, a woman's labor on her husband's plot may represent a form of sweat equity that confers individualized land rights to her."
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/161420
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/92139
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceQuisumbing, Agnes R.; Payongayong, Ellen; Aidoo, J.B.; Otsuka, Keijiro. 1998. Women's land rights in the transition to individualized ownership;implications for tree resource management in Western Ghana. Gender and Forest Resource Management: A Comparative Study in Selected Areas of Asia and Africa -- Policy Brief. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161420
dc.subjectland tenure
dc.subjectland use
dc.subjecteconomic aspects
dc.subjectright to property
dc.subjectgender relations
dc.subjectplanting
dc.subjectforest management
dc.subjectnatural resources management
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectproperty rights
dc.subjectcocoa beans
dc.subjectfemale farmers
dc.titleWomen's land rights in the transition to individualized ownership: implications for tree resource management in Western Ghana
dc.typeBrief

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