Land,Trees, and Women: Evolution of Land Tenure Institutions in Western Ghana and Sumatra

Land, trees, and women : evolution of land tenure institutions in western Ghana and Sumatra / Agnes R. Quisumbing. .. [et al.]. Contents Tables v Figures vii Foreword ix Acknowledgments xi Summary xiii 1. Issues and Motivation for Policy Analysis 1 2. Tables 3.1. Land-use pattern, farm size, and person–land ratio in 1997 in selected villages in Ghana 27 3.2. Distribution of currently adopted inheritance rules by gender of head of household, Akan and non-Akan households in Ghana 27 3.3. Distribution of area under different land tenure regimes by gender of head of household, Akan and non-Akan households in Ghana 28 3.4. Index of individual land rights under different land tenure regimes by percentage of Akans in population in Ghana 29 3.5. Land-use pattern in 1995 and size of population in 1993 in selected villages in Sumatra 31 3.6. Distribution of area under different land tenure regimes by land-use type in Sumatra 32 3.7. Index of individual land rights under different land tenure regimes in Sumatra 32 4.1. Determinants of the proportion of areas under different land tenure institutions at the village level in Ghana: Tobit regression 35 4.2. Determinants of the proportion of village land area under different land tenure by land-use type in Sumatra: Tobit regression 36 4.3. Average year of land acquisition by land tenure type in Ghana and proportion of area planted to cocoa trees before acquisition and in 1997 38 4.4. Determinants of land acquisition at the household level in Ghana: Tobit regression with village fixed effects 39 4.5. Determinants of land acquisition and area planted to trees at the household level in Sumatra: Tobit regression with village fixed effects 42 5.1. Distribution and size of operational landholdings for all sample fields and selected sample fields by land-use type in Ghana 45 5.2. Distribution of all sample fields under different land tenure regimes by land-use type in Ghana 46 5.3. Distribution of land use before acquisition and in 1997 by land tenure type in Ghana 46 5.4. Gross revenue, paid-out costs, net revenue, and labor inputs for mature cocoa production at the field level, by average age of cocoa trees, in Ghana 47 5.5. Gross revenue, paid-out costs, net revenue, and labor inputs for young cocoa and pure food crop fields in Ghana 48 5.6. Distribution of sample plots by land use in upland area of villages in Sumatra 49 5.7. Land tenure distribution of …