Problem
Ownership as a basis for land allocation
Other Names:
Restraints on legal land Nature:
In order to build an economic base, make long-range plans and utilize maximum production capability, rural communities need a system of land allocation responsive to internal and external market needs. This is particularly true in communities where little land is available. At present, old patterns of land allocation in many communities prohibit economic growth. Such allocation is traditionally related to ownership rather than production. Much of the land is divided into small plots designed to produce the daily needs of one or more families, and not cultivated to produce crops for outside markets. The system of land caretakers when owners are away prohibits full use of some good productive land; and the complexity of land procurement and the tradition of short-range production schemes deter effective allocations. Ownership as the only relationship to land use thus serves to prohibit maximum productivity. Broader Problems:
Private ownershipTradition-bound land distribution Narrower Problems:
Idle private landAbsentee ownershipUnassigned public land Aggravates:
Lack of legal standingLimited available landConflicting land rightsDisrespect for the landInsufficient pasturelandDefective land use planningDisappearance of common landShort-term profit maximizationUnproductive utilization of plantation spaceExpropriation of land from indigenous populationsUnderdeveloped potential of community basic resourcesLimited availability of land for low-income and disadvantaged groups Strategies:
Restricting landAddressing problems of forced relocation of peasants onto marginal lands Subject(s):
Commerce → Land ownershipLaw → Legality
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST