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Women and Land in Zambia

A Case Study of Small-Scale Farmers in Chenena Village, Chibombo District, Central Zambia

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2002
Zambia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
community land rights
customary land rights
land rights
The paper shows that most women in Zambia and especially in the study area suffer from insecurity in land since they do not have secure title to land under customary tenure. The results from the research which was carried out using semi structured interviews with 34 female farmers show that the majority of women farmers (62%) were not allocated land directly by headmen but got land through a male contact.
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Rural land rental markets in Southern Africa: trends, drivers, and impacts on household welfare in Malawi and Zambia

Trends, drivers, and impacts on household welfare in Malawi and Zambia

Peer-reviewed publication
July, 2014
Malawi, Zambia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
customary tenure
land management
land markets
We use nationally representative survey data from two neighboring countries in Southern Africa – Zambia and Malawi – to characterize the current status of rural land rental market participation by smallholder farmers. We find that rural rental market participation is strongly conditioned by land scarcity, and thus is more advanced in Malawi than in lower-density Zambia. In both countries, we find evidence that rental markets contribute to efficiency gains within the smallholder sector by facilitating the transfer of land from less-able to more-able producers.
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Perceptions of Customary Land Tenure Security

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2016
Zambia
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
agrarian reform
agricultural and rural legislation
land access
land transactions
This paper presents the empirical findings of a research study undertaken in the Western Province of Zambia. The principal objective was to explore if the issuance of land ownership certificates (LOCs) improves the customary landholders’ perceptions of security of tenure. Thus, we test a null hypothesis that: ‘There are no significant differences in the perceived security of tenure between customary landholders with land ownership certificates and customary landholders without land ownership certificates’.
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Land Use Rights in China

Peer-reviewed publication
July, 2004
China
Land & Investments
Urban Tenure
land administration
land registration
land governance
poverty
land law
agricultural and rural legislation
land policies
land reform
land management
land use
land rights
land tenure
property
government
private sector
China is a socialist country and all land in China belongs to Chinese citizens as a whole. Article 10 of the 1982 Constitution upholds the Chinese land policy that reflects the traditional view of socialism - land of the country must be owned by the country (State) or its agricultural Collectives. State-owned enterprises or other organizations, which cannot own land themselves, may use land with permission from the State.
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The structure and changes of China’s land system

Peer-reviewed publication
September, 2019
China
land law
agricultural and rural legislation
land policies
farmland
agricultural land management
agriculture
land rights
migration
farm tenancy
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the structure and changes of China’s land system. To achieve this aim, the paper is divided into four parts.
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How Do Differences in Land Ownership Types in China Affect Land Development? A Case from Beijing

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2017
China
Land & Investments
rural development
land-use planning
rural areas
urban areas
urban land
land use
farming systems
land use change
land rights
use rights
land ownership
collective ownership
landowners
China has a unique land use system in which there are two types of land ownership, namely, state-owned urban land and farmer collective-owned rural land. Despite strict restrictions on the use rights of farmer collective-owned land, rural land is, in fact, developed along two pathways: it is formally acquired by the state and transferred into state ownership, or it is informally developed while remaining in collective ownership.
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Land Transfer and the Pursuit of Agricultural Modernization in China

Peer-reviewed publication
July, 2015
China
agricultural and rural legislation
arable land
agricultural land management
agriculture
land transfers
Agriculture, countryside and peasantry have been priority concerns of the Chinese govern- ment, with land and agriculture being the most crucial. With a growing population, less arable land and often relatively low-quality land, Chinese peasant agriculture has been undergoing a form of modernization.While peasants enjoy land-contract rights as a result of the Household Responsibility System (HRS), the state has been promoting transfer of land-use rights in order to promote modern agriculture.
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Agricultural Land Use in Malaysia: An Historical Overview and Implications for Food Security

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2013
Malaysia
Urban Tenure
land policies
urban land
land use
agricultural land management
agriculture
land use change
land economics
A study is conducted to describe the historical overview of agricultural land use in Malaysia with the aim of identifying the challenges of agricultural land use in a dynamic economic system. Economic policies were explained with major policies instruments. The effects of these policies on patterns of agricultural land use in 1960–2005 were assessed. Findings identified three broad economic eras in Malaysia: Agricultural (1960-1974); Industrial (1975-1999) and Urbanization eras (2000-date).
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Gender, the Status of Women, and Family Structure in Malaysia

Peer-reviewed publication
June, 2017
Malaysia
Land & Gender
gender equity
gender equity in access to land
agriculture
matrilineal lineage
patrilineal lineage
This paper addresses the question of whether the relatively high status of women in pre-colonial South-east Asia is still evident among Malay women in twentieth century Peninsular Malaysia. Compared to patterns in East and South Asia, Malay family structure does not follow the typical patriarchal patterns of patrilineal descent, patrilocal residence of newly married couples, and preference for male children.
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A Preliminary Study on The Formation of Land Legislation and Cadastre System in Sarawak, Malaysia

Peer-reviewed publication
May, 2019
Malaysia
land administration
sources (land administration)
land information systems
cadastres
geographical information systems
cadastral administration
land surveying
land governance
land law
government
Recent decades have witnessed a perceptible impact of land policy and cadastre on the urbanisation around the globe. Land legislation and cadastre system are the tools and mechanisms in order to achieve the objectives of land policy in delivering sustainable development. According to the Federal Constitution of Malaysia, article 74 empowers the State Legislative Assemblies to enact laws for the matters under the state list while land matters are one of the subjects under the list.