Poverty Dimensions of Public Governance and Forest Management ...

24
Table 4.3 Sources of men’s and women’s land
Settlement
Weila Mansie Subinso Nsawkaw- Kokoago Buoku Total
Tanoso-Njau
Male
Family 71.4% 44.4% 42.2% 51.2% 52.9% 15.4% 46.2%
Community clearance rights 28.6% 48.1% 6.7% 16.3% 16.7%
Spouse or in-laws 2.2% 4.7% 5.9% 7.7% 3.2%
Use 13.3% 11.6% 3.8% 6.5%
From chief 13.3% 3.8% 3.8%
Hiring 6.7% 4.7% 23.5% 15.4% 7.0%
Sharecropping 2.2% 7.7% 1.6%
Taungya 11.5% 1.6%
forest reserve encroachment 3.8% .5%
Family & use 4.4% 5.9% 1.6%
Family & hiring 2.3% 5.9% 1.1%
hire & use 8.9% 2.2%
Use & sharecrop 3.8% .5%
Weeding contract 3.7% .5%
Community and family 3.7% 4.7% 1.6%
Government agency and family land 2.3% 5.9% 1.1%
Family and purchased 2 2.3% .5%
Family and taungya 15.4% 2.2%
Taungya & sharecropping 7.7% 1.1%
Community and hire 3.8% .5%
Women
Family 50.0% 61.5% 31.4% 52.6% 58.3% 32.0% 46.9%
Community clearance rights 4.5% 2.9% 5.3% 2.8%
Spouse or in-laws 40.9% 26.9% 20.0% 24.6% 33.3% 12.0% 24.9%
Use 14.3% 10.5% 6.2%
from chief gift 7.7% 8.6% 2.8%
Hiring 3.8% 5.7% 1.8% 12.0% 4.0%
Sharecropping 2.9% 1.8% 8.0% 2.3%
Taungya 20.0% 2.8%
forest reserve encroachment 4.0% .6%
Family & use 2.9% 4.0% 1.1%
Family & hiring 5.7% 1.1%
Hire & use 2.9% .6%
in-laws & hire 2.9% .6%
Community and family 4.5% 3.5% 1.7%
Family and in-laws 8.3% .6%
use & taungya 4.0% .6%
Taungya & sharecropping 4.0% .6%
2 The purchased land is a building plot purchased in town, subsequently used for farming
24