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significant regional variations. <strong>The</strong>se <strong>in</strong>clude tenure security, parcel size and <strong>in</strong>put usage.<br />

We look at these <strong>in</strong> more detail <strong>in</strong> the next sections.<br />

4.2.1 Tenure Security (S)<br />

<strong>The</strong> study found a positive relationship between agriculture productivity and tenure<br />

security (Table 8) thus agree<strong>in</strong>g with our null hypothesis that “land productivity is directly<br />

and positively related to land tenure security”. This security was determ<strong>in</strong>ed based on<br />

land rights such as: the right to sell land; plant and cut trees; designate heir to the land;<br />

plant annual crops; plant perennial crops; and rent out land. <strong>The</strong> results show that farmers<br />

who have more <strong>of</strong> these rights achieve relatively higher yields than those who do not have.

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