Customary Land Tenure in Liberia - Land Tenure and Property ...
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1.0 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................... 1<br />
1.1 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY.......................................................................................................... 2<br />
1.2 LAND TENURE AND RURAL LIVELIHOODS IN LIBERIA ............................................................................................... 4<br />
1.2.1 Overview of <strong>L<strong>and</strong></strong> <strong>Tenure</strong> ............................................................................................................................. 4<br />
1.2.2 History of <strong>Liberia</strong>n Livelihoods .................................................................................................................... 5<br />
1.2.3 Effects of the War on Livelihoods ............................................................................................................... 6<br />
1.2.4 Livelihoods Today ........................................................................................................................................... 7<br />
1.3 HISTORY OF LAND TENURE IN LIBERIA ......................................................................................................................... 8<br />
1.3.1 Overview of <strong>Customary</strong> <strong>Tenure</strong> ................................................................................................................... 8<br />
1.3.2 Overview of Statutory Law Govern<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Tenure</strong> <strong>in</strong> Rural <strong>Liberia</strong> ............................................................. 9<br />
1.4 INTERFACE BETWEEN CUSTOMARY AND STATUTORY LAW...................................................................................... 12<br />
2.0 Research Methodology .................................................................................................................................. 14<br />
2.1 SITE SELECTION ................................................................................................................................................................ 14<br />
2.2 METHODS FOR GATHERING AND REPORTING INFORMATION ................................................................................ 16<br />
2.3 LIMITS TO STUDY............................................................................................................................................................... 18<br />
3.0 <strong>L<strong>and</strong></strong> Use <strong>and</strong> Livelihoods ............................................................................................................................ 20<br />
3.1 PROFILES OF COMMUNITIES VISITED ........................................................................................................................... 20<br />
3.2 LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCE USES ......................................................................................................................... 20<br />
3.3 LIVELIHOOD ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................................................. 21<br />
3.2.1 Farm<strong>in</strong>g ........................................................................................................................................................... 21<br />
Upl<strong>and</strong> Rice ................................................................................................................................................................ 22<br />
Swamp Rice ................................................................................................................................................................. 24<br />
Vegetable Gardens ...................................................................................................................................................... 25<br />
Sugarcane .................................................................................................................................................................... 25<br />
Communal Farm<strong>in</strong>g .................................................................................................................................................... 25<br />
3.2.2 Trees ................................................................................................................................................................ 26<br />
Rubber ........................................................................................................................................................................ 26<br />
Cocoa .......................................................................................................................................................................... 28<br />
Coffee .......................................................................................................................................................................... 28<br />
Oil Palm ..................................................................................................................................................................... 29<br />
Other Life Trees .......................................................................................................................................................... 29<br />
3.2.3 Household Divisions of Labor ................................................................................................................... 29<br />
CUSTOMARY LAND TENURE IN LIBERIA