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Land, Volume 8, Issue 10

October 2019 - 14 articles

Cover Story: In many African countries in general, and in the highlands of Ethiopia in particular, agricultural land is highly fragmented. Small and scattered parcels impede a necessary increase in agricultural efficiency. Land consolidation is a proper tool to solve inefficiencies in agricultural production, as it enables consolidating plots based on the consent of landholders. This paper investigates the determinants influencing the willingness of landholder farmers to participate in voluntary land consolidation processes. The study was conducted in the Gozamin District, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Survey data were collected from 343 randomly selected landholder farmers. In addition, structured interviews and focus group discussions with farmers were held. The collected data were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. View this paper.
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Articles (14)

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,172 Views
17 Pages

21 October 2019

This paper presents a synopsis of the challenges and limitations presented by existing and emerging land use/land cover (LULC) digital data sets when used to analyze the extent, habitat quality, and LULC changes of the monarch (Danaus plexippus) migr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
13,693 Views
20 Pages

19 October 2019

With increasing population growth, the Harare Metropolitan Province has experienced accelerated land use and land cover (LULC) changes, influencing the city’s growth. This study aims to assess spatiotemporal urban LULC changes, the axis, and pa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
70 Citations
8,476 Views
31 Pages

17 October 2019

Based on cointegration analysis, a vector error correction model (VECM), and the impulse response function method, this paper empirically analyses the interaction among urban expansion, economic development, and population growth in China from 1980 t...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,724 Views
21 Pages

17 October 2019

The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT) call for governments to clearly define the term ‘public purpose’ to allow for judicial review of the goals of expropriations of property. However, recent research ind...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
28,560 Views
18 Pages

15 October 2019

This article considers research conducted on the impact of the Crown’s treaty claims settlement policy on Māori in New Zealand. It provides a brief background to the Treaty of Waitangi and the subsequent British colonisation process that relied...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,808 Views
18 Pages

14 October 2019

Since the 2000s, agricultural land acquisition (ALA) for urbanization and industrialization has been quickly implemented in Vietnam, which has led to a huge socioeconomic transformation in rural areas. This paper applies the sustainable livelihoods f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
7,305 Views
21 Pages

Farmers Willingness to Participate In Voluntary Land Consolidation in Gozamin District, Ethiopia

  • Abebaw Andarge Gedefaw,
  • Clement Atzberger,
  • Walter Seher and
  • Reinfried Mansberger

12 October 2019

In many African countries and especially in the highlands of Ethiopia—the investigation site of this paper—agricultural land is highly fragmented. Small and scattered parcels impede a necessary increase in agricultural efficiency. Land co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,888 Views
14 Pages

12 October 2019

Ethiopia has implemented one of the world’s most cost-effective systems to document land holdings, the land certification system. After more than 15 years since its launch, questions have been raised regarding its functionality. Specifically, t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
10,288 Views
16 Pages

12 October 2019

Public participation in environmental impact assessment (EIA) often falls short of the requirements of best practice in the move towards sustainable development, particularly for disadvantaged and marginalized communities. This paper explores the val...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,488 Views
16 Pages

11 October 2019

As global consumption and development rates continue to grow, there will be persistent stress placed on public goods, namely environmental amenities. Urban sprawl and development places pressure on forested areas, as they are often displaced or degra...

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