1 The impacts of land administration system on investment Stakeholders workshop on ISLA and CIM By Mehretu Dagnew May 11-12 2009 EPLAUA-Bahirdar.

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The impacts of land administration system on

investment

Stakeholders workshop on ISLA and CIM

By Mehretu Dagnew May 11-12 2009

EPLAUA-Bahirdar

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Contents

Overview

Introducing land administration system

Success in land administration system

Study results

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Overview

Tenure insecurity indicators

Nationalization and redistribution of land (76%

stallholders-EEA,2002) Poor land use practice Environmental degradation Low incentive to

improvements Over use of natural resource

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Overview, cont…

Nationalization/Land redistribution-Likelihood of loosing possession

No clear guidelineMore of customaryAffiliatingRestrictiveObligatory

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Overview, cont…

Land redistribution

Non-participatory

Unpredictable timing and frequency

Excessive power to local leaders

Equity biased

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Tenure insecurity

• Tenure

• utilization

Land Miss use & Reduced Production

Land redistribution & re-allotment

Holdinginstability

Instability, fragmentation &land degradation

Land Adm

ini-stration

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Objectives of LA system

Establish conducive system of rural land administration

Encourage individual farmers, pastoralists and agricultural investors

Sustainably converse and develop natural resource

Pass over to the coming generation

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Activity-Result-Purpose and Overall Objective in LA

Improved Land Administration

System

• Registration• Surveying• Valuation• etc…

Tenure Security

and Access to Land

Sustainable Natural

Resource & Economic

Growth

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Investment incentives

Perpetual right of useNo/limited land

redistributionLand rent or lease for 25

yearsRight of compensation

for holding rightFull right for permanent

improvements on land

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Key success of LA

Protect land rights,

Trusted by the general

public

Be extensively used

Provide security of tenure

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Success in LA system

• Tenure

• security

IncreasedAgricultural productivity

Tenure security

•Conservation•Aforestation•Long-term Investment•Land rental mkt•Labor mobility &efficiency

Sustainable natural

resource

Effective LA

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What is achieved

Land holders interest and belief in land

registration and certification is increased

Direct investment on rural land is raising

Below 33 in 1991

Above 644 in 2008

Comparatively demarcating and protecting

commons is improved

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EPLAUA study results

Assured tenure security 95% Legal assurance 90% Perpetual right 67% Improvement right 76% Boundary delimited 75% Bequest right 70% Compensation right 67%

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Indicators for land improvement

Perennial cropping 72% Soil and water conservation 80%

Forestry development 80%

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Indicators cont…

Application of improved agricultural input 56%

Application of compost 57%

No difference 4%

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Perception to Land Management in %

Certificates contribution Total sample

Tigray Amhara Oromia SNNPR

Reduces no. of inheritance conflicts

85 87 89 83 83

Wanted to undertake land related investments

78 84 93 77 59

Encourages soil & water conservation

86 85 95 91 68

Encourages planting trees 88 80 92 92 76

Increases confidence to rent land

85 87 91 85 77

Will reduce encroachment on CPRs

76 92 85 68 72

Source: Deininger, K., et. al. (2007)

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The way ahead

Assess impacts on:- Tangible productivity, Land-related investment, Natural resource sustainability

Generally, focus on results

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