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Effect of land tenure security on food productivity among arable crop farmers in Isuikwuato Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria
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The study was conducted in Isuikwuato Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria. The study evaluated farmers mode of land acquisition, estimated productivity of inputs used by the farmers; and determined the effect of tenure security and other factors affecting food productivity in the study area. Multi-staged sampling technique was used in the selection of 100 arable crop farmers. Data were collected through primary sources with the administration of questionnaire. The collected data were analysed with the use of descriptive statistics, partial and total factor productivity indices and multiple regression analysis. The findings of the study showed that fair proportion (41%) of the respondents acquired their land through lease, while only 4% of them got their own land through purchase. The result further indicated that only 23% of the farmers had land tenure security while 77% was land insecure. The inputs of land, labour and material inputs had partial indices of 8.8, 9.77 and 14.6 while the total factor productivity was 3.46 respectively. From the study, the productivity indices of inheritance (5.32) and purchase (4.66) were highest among modes of land acquisition, indicating that the respondents invest more in land development in these two aspects than other modes of land acquisition because their land is secure. The findings also showed that tenure security status, income, crop diversification and farm size positively and significantly affected food productivity at 1% and 5% levels while age, access to credit and household size inversely affected food productivity at 1% and 5% levels respectively. Based on the findings, it is deduced that secured tenure is a critical factor in the achievement of increased productivity of arable crop farmers. Therefore, Federal Government should aim at full implementation of Land Use Act of 1978 by abolishing existing freehold system and then re-allocate available land to existing and intending farmers for large scale agriculture, which will help to boost high food productivity, production and hence increase the farmers’ income, livelihood and help to facilitate poverty reduction.
Keywords: Land tenure, Tenure security, Food productivity and Arable crop farmers
