A feasibility of land consolidation in kigezi region, south western Uganda: a solution to land fragmentation, land shortage, farmer’s productivity and economic development
The cooperative societies which have existed in Uganda for a longtime have been mainly on Agricultural products and marketing and not necessarily on land use management and productivity. This article therefore, is about land use management and the reverse of the effects of land fragmentation and...
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Kabale University Interdisciplinary Research Journal
2022
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/607 |
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| Summary: | The cooperative societies which have existed in Uganda for a longtime have been mainly
on Agricultural products and marketing and not necessarily on land use management and
productivity. This article therefore, is about land use management and the reverse of the
effects of land fragmentation and their related problems such as land conflicts, population
pressure, poverty, productivity, and land scarcity and the solutions to these problems.
The idea of land consolidation is being introduced in the article as putting together plots
or pieces of land which exist in Kigezi Region, with the aim of making them economically
viable and more productive per unit of investment. This need not change the amount of
land owned and controlled by individuals, and therefore not necessarily an instrument of
social justice but an answer to land scarcity and fragmentation in Kigezi Region. The article
compares the benefits of the land under fragmentation and the land under consolidation
systems and recommends strategies to transform Kigezi Region’s informal and subsistence
farming system to modern, commercial agriculture to achieve food security and increase
incomes of the population and economic development of the area. |
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