Database research record2025·Ethiopia (Tigray)
The effect of Ethiopia's land certification program on rural and peri-urban farmers' land tenure security; evidence from Tigray
Tesfay, Hailay, Machethe, Charles
AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA)
Urban Farm DB summary
This paper examines the effect of Ethiopia's land certification program on the land tenure security of rural and peri-urban farming households in the Tigray region. Analyzing cross-sectional data from 500 respondents using logistic regression, the study showed that the program's effect is significantly influenced by the geographic location of farm households. The program produced better results for rural farmers than for peri-urban farmers, with certified households in rural areas being less likely to experience a change in their land tenure (less secure land tenure) compared to certified farmers in peri-urban areas.