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Figure 3: Conceptual Model<br />

Type <strong>of</strong> Land Tenure<br />

Communal Land Tenure<br />

Individual Tenure System<br />

State Land<br />

Secure Tenure<br />

Improved Access to<br />

Credit<br />

Reduced Gender Bias<br />

<strong>in</strong> Land Ownership<br />

Functional market for<br />

<strong>in</strong>put and products<br />

Functional transportation<br />

system<br />

Investment <strong>in</strong> land development<br />

Improved environmental<br />

conservation<br />

Better crop/livestock<br />

husbandry<br />

Purchase <strong>of</strong> farm <strong>in</strong>puts,<br />

appropriate mach<strong>in</strong>ery and labour<br />

High and susta<strong>in</strong>able<br />

crop/livestock production<br />

Improved household <strong>in</strong>come and welfare<br />

Adapted from Frank Place et al 1994<br />

<strong>The</strong> model also hypothesizes that <strong>in</strong>vestment <strong>in</strong> land development are determ<strong>in</strong>ed directly<br />

<strong>in</strong>put and produce market efficiency as well as exist<strong>in</strong>g roads and transport systems.<br />

Investment <strong>in</strong> land development refers to environmental conservation, better<br />

crop/livestock husbandry, and use <strong>of</strong> appropriate farm <strong>in</strong>puts. <strong>The</strong> specific <strong>in</strong>vestments<br />

<strong>in</strong>clude fenc<strong>in</strong>g, tree plant<strong>in</strong>g, grass-strips, sound crop husbandry, purchase <strong>of</strong> quality<br />

seeds, removal <strong>of</strong> tree stumps, level<strong>in</strong>g, terrac<strong>in</strong>g, ridg<strong>in</strong>g, road construction, well<br />

construction, water pans, and dra<strong>in</strong>age systems, application <strong>of</strong> farm yard manure and<br />

fertilizer, mulch<strong>in</strong>g, among others. <strong>The</strong> output <strong>of</strong> such <strong>in</strong>vestments is susta<strong>in</strong>able crop and<br />

livestock production. With the high level <strong>of</strong> output, functional markets for <strong>in</strong>puts and<br />

output, and an efficient transport system contribute to higher household <strong>in</strong>come and better<br />

livelihoods.

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