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Land Tenure and Oil Palm Commercialisation

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dc.creator Darku, Esther Naa Dodua
dc.creator Sowah, Alexander Nii Adjei
dc.date 2021-10-28T11:24:54Z
dc.date 2021-10-28T11:24:54Z
dc.date 2021-10-01
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-26T08:49:33Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-26T08:49:33Z
dc.identifier Darku, E.N.D. and Sowah, A.N.A. (2021) Land Tenure and Oil Palm Commercialisation, APRA Working Paper 72, Brighton: Future Agricultures Consortium, DOI:10.19088/APRA.2021.031
dc.identifier 978-1-78118-869-9
dc.identifier https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/16909
dc.identifier Rural Futures
dc.identifier 10.19088/APRA.2021.031
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/198709
dc.description Oil palm is the second most important cash crop after cocoa, and the sector is an important contributor to the Ghanaian economy. The production of cash crops in Ghana has largely been dominated by small-scale farmers in mostly rural areas since the 1800s. The high value placed on cash crops often leads to better livelihood outcomes for cash crop farmers. However, the ability to sustainably participate in oil palm cultivation depends on secure access to land. One of the major challenges of small-scale farming in Africa is the land tenure system that affects the ability of farmers to make long-term financial and technical/technological commitments that will help farmers fully maximise the economic potential of the land. This paper examines different land tenure arrangements in five oil palm growing communities in south-western Ghana, and how different rules for land access affect different social groups. We focus specifically on the gendered aspects of access to land and their implications on equitable participation in the oil palm economy of these communities.
dc.description Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
dc.language en
dc.publisher APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.rights APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium
dc.subject Agriculture
dc.subject Economic Development
dc.subject Gender
dc.subject Poverty
dc.subject Rural Development
dc.title Land Tenure and Oil Palm Commercialisation
dc.type Series paper (non-IDS)
dc.coverage Ghana


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