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Women and Sustainable Human DevelopmentWomen’s Land Rights and Agricultural Productivity in Uganda

Women and Sustainable Human Development: Women’s Land Rights and Agricultural Productivity in Uganda [This chapter examines the status of women’s land rights and their implications for agricultural productivity in Uganda. The study finds that women had ownership rights over 32% of the surveyed parcels and use rights over 16% of the parcels. It also finds that granting land rights to women enhances productivity, but ownership rights are more important than use rights. Yield was significantly higher on parcels owned by women compared to those where women only had use rights. Therefore, granting use rights alone is not sufficient to promote efficient land use by women, but granting ownership rights can and does enhance yield. These results suggest that there is a need to strengthen female land ownership rights to promote agricultural productivity and reduce poverty. Enhancing women’s land rights is key in achieving the first and fifth sustainable development goals—alleviating poverty and promoting gender equality, respectively.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Women and Sustainable Human DevelopmentWomen’s Land Rights and Agricultural Productivity in Uganda

Part of the Gender, Development and Social Change Book Series
Editors: Konte, Maty; Tirivayi, Nyasha
Mwesigye, Francis; Guloba, Madina; Barungi, Mildred
Women and Sustainable Human Development — Jun 30, 2019
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020
ISBN
978-3-030-14934-5
Pages
71 –88
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-14935-2_5
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Abstract

[This chapter examines the status of women’s land rights and their implications for agricultural productivity in Uganda. The study finds that women had ownership rights over 32% of the surveyed parcels and use rights over 16% of the parcels. It also finds that granting land rights to women enhances productivity, but ownership rights are more important than use rights. Yield was significantly higher on parcels owned by women compared to those where women only had use rights. Therefore, granting use rights alone is not sufficient to promote efficient land use by women, but granting ownership rights can and does enhance yield. These results suggest that there is a need to strengthen female land ownership rights to promote agricultural productivity and reduce poverty. Enhancing women’s land rights is key in achieving the first and fifth sustainable development goals—alleviating poverty and promoting gender equality, respectively.]

Published: Jun 30, 2019

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