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Critical Issues in the Rural Land Policy of Ethiopia

  • Journal of Regional Studies and Development
  • Abbr : JRSD
  • 2018, 27(1), pp.117-150
  • DOI : 10.18350/ipaid.2018.27.1.117
  • Publisher : Institute for Poverty Alleviation and International Development: IPAID
  • Research Area : Social Science > Area Studies > Regional Studies in general > Comparative / Statistical Regional Studies
  • Published : April 30, 2018

Zegeye Tirfe 1 Kyung-Ryang Kim 2

1강원대학교
2강원대

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ABSTRACT

This study reviewed the available scholarly literature of the rural land policy of Ethiopia, used an analytical method to analyze the current land tenure problems, and suggested improvement options. The government support state protection that is arguing for state ownership of land whereby only land use rights are bestowed upon landholders. Even though, the government has tried to ensure tenure security of farmers by implementing user rights registration and certification; the systematic reviews of available scholarly literature and analytical result have identified farmers’ sense of tenure insecurity in the present tenure system. Farm households’ tenure insecurity has an adverse effect on sustainable land management. In the same way, state ownership of land negatively affects farmers’ access to the credit market and farmers non-farm employment. As a result, the government’s position that emphasizes the social function of land is challenged by advocates of privatization of property rights. Accordingly, the land policy should be governed by a socio-economic rationale that includes efficiency and equity. Hence, the landholding system instead of being a state only, it is recommended if it is a mixture of both private and state holding system to facilitate the rural transformation of the country. Finally, if the government do not want a mixture of both private and state holding systems, and want to continue state control of land, it is recommended that the government should

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