The effect of land tenure across food security outcomes among smallholder farmers using a flexible conditional difference-in-difference approach

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dc.contributor.author Ibrahim, Hussain Kobe
dc.contributor.author Hendriks, Sheryl L.
dc.contributor.author Schonfeldt, H.C. (Hettie Carina)
dc.date.accessioned 2024-07-31T11:45:35Z
dc.date.available 2024-07-31T11:45:35Z
dc.date.issued 2023-06-13
dc.description.abstract The paucity of literature on the influence of land tenure across a range of food insecurity outcomes may impede a complete analysis in developing countries. This paper examines the association between land tenure and food security among 1434 sampled smallholders from the Nigeria Living Standards Measurement Study- Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) three-round panel dataset. The data were analyzed by a flexible conditional difference-in-difference model and a generalized ordered logit regression. The regression results showed that smallholders who owned land and acquired plots for free were less likely to have high Household Dietary Diversity Scores (HDDS). On the other hand, owners of family-inherited plots were more likely to consume diverse diets and hold more assets. Holders of informal land documents were more likely to be food secure by having a low food expenditure share, high HDDS and Livelihood Coping Strategy (LCS). Meanwhile, perceived rights to mortgage land for a loan may be enhanced with having formal land certificates than informal land documents. The study concluded that formal land governance should recognize land ownership via family inheritance and holding informal land documents to support smallholder food security by increasing their dietary diversity and lowering their food expenditure shares. en_US
dc.description.department Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development en_US
dc.description.librarian am2024 en_US
dc.description.sdg SDG-02:Zero Hunger en_US
dc.description.sponsorship The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI)/National Research Foundation (NRF) South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChl) in the National Development Plan Priority Area of Nutrition and Food Security. en_US
dc.description.uri http://www.tandfonline.com/journals/tags20 en_US
dc.identifier.citation H.K. Ibrahim, S.L. Hendriks & H.C. Schönfeldt (2023) The effect of land tenure across food security outcomes among smallholder farmers using a flexible conditional difference-in-difference approach, International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 21:1, 2220900, DOI: 10.1080/14735903.2023.2220900. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1473-5903 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 1747-762X (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1080/14735903.2023.2220900
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/97370
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Taylor and Francis en_US
dc.rights © 2023 The Author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License en_US
dc.subject Food security en_US
dc.subject Land tenure en_US
dc.subject Smallholder farmers en_US
dc.subject Difference-in-difference model en_US
dc.subject SDG-02: Zero hunger en_US
dc.title The effect of land tenure across food security outcomes among smallholder farmers using a flexible conditional difference-in-difference approach en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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