RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Land Redistribution, Tenure Insecurity, and Intensity of Production: A Study of Farm Households in Southern Ethiopia
JF Land Economics
JO Land Econ
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 573
OP 590
DO 10.2307/3146854
VO 78
IS 4
A1 Stein Holden
A1 Hailu Yohannes
YR 2002
UL http://le.uwpress.org/content/78/4/573.abstract
AB 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. (JEL Q15)