The Impact of Weather Risk on Tenure Security: Evidence from Smallholder Farmers in Tanzania

Lisa Murken, Gregor Mager, Rahel Laudien, Kati Kraehnert and Christoph Gornott

Land Economics, 2024, vol. 100, issue 4, 668-689

Abstract: We analyze whether exposure to weather risk affects the tenure security of smallholder farmers in rural Tanzania. Drawing on a household panel survey with three waves and high-resolution weather data, our identification strategy exploits exogenous variation in precipitation across time and space. Results from household fixed effects estimations show that exposure to weather risk significantly lowers farmers’ perceived tenure security, while it increases land conflicts. Moreover, weather risk influences the likelihood that farmers acquire land certificates. These findings suggest that both land formalization and land dispute resolution mechanisms are needed to cushion the effects of weather risk.

JEL-codes: Q15 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
Note: DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/le.100.4.101422-0079R1
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