Land Tenure and the Adoption of Agricultural Technology in Haiti

dc.contributor.authorSmucker, Glenn R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWhite, T. Andersonen_US
dc.contributor.authorBannister, Michaelen_US
dc.coverage.countryHaitien_US
dc.coverage.regionCentral America & Caribbeanen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-31T14:35:35Z
dc.date.available2009-07-31T14:35:35Z
dc.date.issued2002en_US
dc.date.submitted2002-11-08en_US
dc.date.submitted2002-11-08en_US
dc.description.abstract"There has long been an active debate in Haiti-as in many other developing countries-over whether or not the customary tenure system constrains technology adoption and agricultural development, and whether cadaster and land titling should be national priorities. This paper contributes to this debate by reviewing and interpreting the body of literature and new empirical evidence concerning the relationship between land tenure and the adoption of technology in rural Haiti. The findings suggest that (a) formal title is not necessarily more secure than informal arrangements, (b) informal arrangements based on traditional social capital resources assure affordable and flexible access to land for most people, and (c) perceived stability of access to land-via stability of personal and social relationships - is a more important determinant of technology adoption than mode of access. The paper concludes that there is no definitive relationship between tenure and technology adoption by peasants; peasants are preoccupied more by political and economic insecurity than insecure tenure; and rather than tinkering with formalizing tenure, policy makers should prioritize other more fundamental rural sector reforms. The paper ends by considering some of the implications for theory and suggests several avenues for future research on land policy."en_US
dc.identifier.citationconfdatesJune 17-21, 2002en_US
dc.identifier.citationconferenceThe Commons in an Age of Globalisation, the Ninth Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Propertyen_US
dc.identifier.citationconflocVictoria Falls, Zimbabween_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10535/1274
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.subjectIASCen_US
dc.subjectcommon pool resourcesen_US
dc.subjectland tenure and useen_US
dc.subjecttechnologyen_US
dc.subjectrural developmenten_US
dc.subjectlawen_US
dc.subjectagricultural developmenten_US
dc.subjectproperty rightsen_US
dc.subject.sectorAgricultureen_US
dc.subject.sectorLand Tenure & Useen_US
dc.submitter.emailjerwolfe@indiana.eduen_US
dc.titleLand Tenure and the Adoption of Agricultural Technology in Haitien_US
dc.typeConference Paperen_US
dc.type.publishedunpublisheden_US

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