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cluded in the Farm Census, or more than 40070, were of immigrant origin.
To deduce from these figures that about 60% of the 255 farmers
are therefore from landholding lineages would be quite correct insofar as
this is not taken to mean that they are farming on the land of their own
families. Only about three-fifths of all those belonging to landholding
families (87 or 59%) cultivate the land of their own family; another 61 (or
41 %) cultivate the land of other families (see Thble 9).
Table 9:
Farmers on Four Family Lands by Indigenous and
Immigrant Lineage Membership
Family Lands Odompen Amoanda Osekyerew Edumenu Total
Lineage membership
of farmers Abs "10
A. Farmers from
Landholding Families 19 89 19 21 14 58
1. On Their Own
Family Land 10 48 17 12 87 34
2. On Other's
Family Lands 9 41 2 9 61 24
B. Farmers from
Non-LandholdingFamilies
23 62 17 107 42
3. Members of
Immigrant Ebusua 18 46 10 74 29
4. Non-Associated
Immigrants 5 16 5 7 33 13
Total 42 151 24 38 255 100
We can only conclude that the way in which farmland is actually
allocated is very different from what would be expected on the basis of the
simple formula that states that it is on the land of one's family that one can
legitimately claim to farm. The question then is on what auxiliary or
alternative formulae the allocation is really based and whether these
formulae are in line with, or contrary to, the original land tenure
arrangements.
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