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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
| Event | FIG e-Working Week 2021: Smart Surveyors for Land and Water Management - Challenges in a New Reality, Virtual, June 21–25 2021 - online, Netherlands Duration: 20 Jun 2021 → 25 Jun 2021 https://fig.net/fig2021 |
Conference
| Conference | FIG e-Working Week 2021 |
|---|---|
| Abbreviated title | FIG e-Working Week 2021 |
| Country/Territory | Netherlands |
| Period | 20 Jun 2021 → 25 Jun 2021 |
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Abstract
Sustainable Development Goals
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2021. Paper presented at FIG e-Working Week 2021, Netherlands.
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TY - CONF
T1 - Meeting the 2030 Agenda: Responsible Consolidation of Ghana's Customary Lands
AU - Asiama, Kwabena
AU - Voß, Winrich
AU - Bennett, Rohan
AU - Zevenbergen, Jaap
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Land Consolidation on Sub-Saharan Africa’s customary lands have generally failed for various reasons. However, with the prevalence of land fragmentation as a problem in the past two decades, there has been a new wave of land consolidation activities in the region. Land fragmentation on customary lands has two main causes—the nature of the customary land tenure system, and the somewhat linked agricultural system. Since attempts to increase food productivity on customary lands have involved fertilisation and mechanisation on the small and scattered farmlands, these approaches have fallen short of increasing food productivity. Land tenure security is further low on these lands. This study examines how a responsible land consolidation measure can be developed for customary lands to contribute to food security and land tenure security. A design research approach is used to develop a land consolidation measure for customary lands and reported here. This study concludes that though the land consolidation strategy developed is significantly able to reduce land fragmentation, both physical and land tenure, the local customs are an obstruction to the technical processes to achieve the best form of farmland structures. Hence the developed approach can contribute to land tenure and food security.
AB - Land Consolidation on Sub-Saharan Africa’s customary lands have generally failed for various reasons. However, with the prevalence of land fragmentation as a problem in the past two decades, there has been a new wave of land consolidation activities in the region. Land fragmentation on customary lands has two main causes—the nature of the customary land tenure system, and the somewhat linked agricultural system. Since attempts to increase food productivity on customary lands have involved fertilisation and mechanisation on the small and scattered farmlands, these approaches have fallen short of increasing food productivity. Land tenure security is further low on these lands. This study examines how a responsible land consolidation measure can be developed for customary lands to contribute to food security and land tenure security. A design research approach is used to develop a land consolidation measure for customary lands and reported here. This study concludes that though the land consolidation strategy developed is significantly able to reduce land fragmentation, both physical and land tenure, the local customs are an obstruction to the technical processes to achieve the best form of farmland structures. Hence the developed approach can contribute to land tenure and food security.
M3 - Paper
T2 - FIG e-Working Week 2021
Y2 - 20 June 2021 through 25 June 2021
ER -