Changes in land tenure and agricultural intensification in sub-Saharan Africa

Due to increasing population pressure on limited cultivable land in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), farm size has been shrinking, fallow periods have been shortened, and soil fertility has been declining. In accordance with the Boserupian evolutio

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Otsuka, Keijiro ; Place, Frank
Institutions:	World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU/WIDER), United Nations University
Subject:	population pressure \| soil degradation \| investments in land improvement \| strengthened individual land rights \| agricultural intensification

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Series:	Working Paper Series.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number UNU-WIDER Research Paper WP2014/051 2 pages long
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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