157
Table 5.3: Prevalence of household rights over farmland in male-headed households
|
Rights |
Southern province (N = 93) |
Eastern province |
|
Use rights: | ||
|
Cultivate annual crops |
98.9 |
98.8 |
|
Cultivate perennial crops |
98.9 |
96.3 |
|
Use inputs |
98.9 |
98.9 |
|
Erect a fence |
98.9 |
82.9 |
|
Plant trees |
98.9 |
96.3 |
|
Cut trees |
79.6 |
94.9 |
|
Harvest produce from trees |
93.5 |
98.7 |
|
Retain land after long fallow |
52.7 |
81.7 |
|
Transfer rights: | ||
|
Give trees to other family members |
64.5 |
60.8 |
|
Give land to other family members |
53.8 |
76.8 |
|
Give or sell land outside the family |
40.9 |
37.8 |
|
Exclusion rights: | ||
|
Prevent others from growing crops |
86.0 |
96.3 |
|
Prevent others from harvesting crops |
83.9 |
97.6 |
|
Prevent others from grazing animals |
76.3 |
28.0 |
|
Prevent others from growing trees |
84.9 |
96.3 |
|
Prevent others from harvesting trees |
86.0 |
91.5 |
D. Transfer rights
Rights of transfer were the least common of all types of rights. Rights to give land to other
family members were claimed by 54 percent of Southern province households and 77 percent of
Eastern province households. The most restricted right is that of land alienation outside the family.
As seen in table 5.3, sales are rare in the study areas. The percentage of households who claim rights
to sell is about 40 percent in each province. Because of the higher frequency of households on State
Land in Southern province, one might have expected fewer rights to sell than in Eastern province due
to land market restrictions governing statutory tenure on State Lands. However, customary laws
forbidding sales might be more strongly enforced, and the lower population density of customary areas
may create little demand for purchases.