The Environmental Effect of Land Use in the Tenure Systems in Ghana
This paper examines the land tenure system in Ghana and its impact on the environment. The main forms of land tenure systems are explained and the positive and negative impacts of each of these forms on the environment analysed. Specific attention is devoted to deforestation and soil depletion. The...
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| description | This paper examines the land tenure system in Ghana and its impact on the environment. The main forms of land tenure systems are explained and the positive and negative impacts of each of these forms on the environment analysed. Specific attention is devoted to deforestation and soil depletion. The complex problems of land acquisition in Ghana, and the inherent insecurity effects on farming, which is considered to be the most important economic activity in the rural areas are examined. The analyses and the result proved that the insecurity of land tenure system has a direct relationship with the environment. Cross-sectional data analyses establishes that traditional forms of land acquisitions, ownership and land use form part of the main causes of environmental degradation in Ghana. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-edea9bd9f46e4ea89a4d51bf95ef27b82022-12-22T00:21:58ZengMendel University PressActa Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis1211-85162464-83102016-01-016461889189710.11118/actaun201664061889The Environmental Effect of Land Use in the Tenure Systems in GhanaLibor Grega0Emmanuel Kofi Ankomah1Department of Regional and Business Economics, Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech RepublicDepartment of Regional Development and Public Administration, Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech RepublicThis paper examines the land tenure system in Ghana and its impact on the environment. The main forms of land tenure systems are explained and the positive and negative impacts of each of these forms on the environment analysed. Specific attention is devoted to deforestation and soil depletion. The complex problems of land acquisition in Ghana, and the inherent insecurity effects on farming, which is considered to be the most important economic activity in the rural areas are examined. The analyses and the result proved that the insecurity of land tenure system has a direct relationship with the environment. Cross-sectional data analyses establishes that traditional forms of land acquisitions, ownership and land use form part of the main causes of environmental degradation in Ghana.https://acta.mendelu.cz/64/6/1889/land tenurefarming systemsdeforestationsoil depletionrural areas |
| spellingShingle | Libor Grega Emmanuel Kofi Ankomah The Environmental Effect of Land Use in the Tenure Systems in Ghana Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis land tenure farming systems deforestation soil depletion rural areas |
| title | The Environmental Effect of Land Use in the Tenure Systems in Ghana |
| title_full | The Environmental Effect of Land Use in the Tenure Systems in Ghana |
| title_fullStr | The Environmental Effect of Land Use in the Tenure Systems in Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Environmental Effect of Land Use in the Tenure Systems in Ghana |
| title_short | The Environmental Effect of Land Use in the Tenure Systems in Ghana |
| title_sort | environmental effect of land use in the tenure systems in ghana |
| topic | land tenure farming systems deforestation soil depletion rural areas |
| url | https://acta.mendelu.cz/64/6/1889/ |
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