Journal #J-06/2002
Land Redistribution, Tenure Insecurity and Input Intensity: A Study of Farm Households in Southern Ethiopia
Stein Holden & Yohannes Hailu
Department of Economics & Social Sciences Agricultural University of Norway PO Box 5033, N-1432 Ås, Norway http://www.nlh.no/ior/ e-mail: stein.holden@ior.nlh.no

Holden, S. & Y. Hailu (2002): "Land Redistribution, Tenure Insecurity and Input Intensity: A Study of Farm Households in Southern Ethiopia", Land Economics, 78(4).

Abstract:
This study analyzes the effects of the Ethiopian land redistribution policy on perceptions of tenure security and on the use of purchased farm inputs and planting of trees among households in Southern Ethiopia. The policy appears to have caused a positive correlation between farm size and tenure insecurity in some locations, although there is a negative correlation in other sites. It had no negative effect on the probability of use or the intensity of use of purchased farm inputs, or on the probability of planting perennials. Rather, it is resource poverty that appears to undermine intensification and investment in trees.


Key words: Land tenure, tenure insecurity, land redistribution, input intensity, tree planting.

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