Tenure insecurity, climate variability and renting out decisions among female small-holder farmers in Ethiopia

Wisdom Akpalu and Mintewab Bezabih

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Abstract: Land tenure arrangements in Africa are generally skewed in favour of males. Compared to males, female plot owners face complex sets of constraints and systemic high tenure insecurity which culminate in low yields. In order to obtain better returns, some females rent their plots to males, but risk losing the plots to their tenants. A model has been constructed to explain renting-out decisions of female small landholders, an issue largely ignored in the agricultural economics literature. The results, based on a survey of female landholders in Ethiopia, highlight the factors that explain renting-out decisions.

Keywords: female headed households; tenure insecurity; productivity; climate variability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J01 R14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16 pages
Date: 2015-06-19
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Published in Sustainability, 19, June, 2015, 7(6), pp. 7926 - 7941. ISSN: 2071-1050

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