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Land registration and investment in agriculture in Ghana

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26450329
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Agricultural science in rural society and development
Research InstitutionOita University

Principal Investigator

Yuichi Kimura  大分大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (80419275)

Research Collaborator BOSOMPEM Martin  University of Cape Coast, Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Keywords土地所有制度 / 農業における投資 / アフリカ / 換金作物 / 貧困削減 / 女性の地位 / 農業における女性の経済的地位 / 土地所有権制度 / 商品作物への長期的投資 / 西アフリカ / 小規模農業家計 / ゴムプランテーション / 土地所有制度と投資誘因 / 農業技術・換金作物の導入 / 女性の農業・社会参画 / プランテーション企業
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Ambiguous and contested land rights in Africa is theoretically hypothesized to cause disincentive against potentially productive investment in agriculture but evidence varies across studies. We assess such disincentives across different land acquisition modes and find that it applies only to land with matrilineal origin but not to other acquisition modes. Variation in empirical studies is possibly explained by the difference in the share of lineage ownership across study areas.

Interventions in land tenure rearrangement and land registration are found to significantly enhance long-term investment and productivity after tree planting, while it is only tenure rearrangement that enhances the productivity. No gender bias is found for tree planting investment or productivity. However, the impact of land registration under female names is negative. Nominal use of female names in registration lead to lower productivity.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 2017 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (3 results) Presentation (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] ケープコースト大学 農業経済学部(ガーナ)

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Sasakawa Dept Agric Econ and Extension/University of Cape Coast/Ghana(ガーナ)

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Department of Economics/University of Cape Coast/Ghana(ガーナ)

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Shackles of kinship bonds: Land registration and investment in agriculture in Ghana2017

    • Author(s)
      木村 雄一
    • Organizer
      日本経済学会
    • Place of Presentation
      青山学院大学 東京都 渋谷区
    • Year and Date
      2017-09-09
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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