Estimating the Premium for Titled Agricultural Land in Uganda
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Date
2012
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Uganda Journal of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
The study investigates the value for titled
agricultural land in Uganda using data on
9,045 parcels of land from the 2005/2006
Uganda National Household Survey. Data were
analyzed using regression techniques. The
results showed a positively significant premium
for leasehold title as opposed to other forms of
titled agricultural land in Uganda; that
traditional determinants of land value such as
current use, soil quality, presence ofperennials
and proximity to the homestead are not
significant for agricultural land in Uganda; and
that per hectare price of agricuItural land in
peri-urban locations was signzficantly higher
than in rural areas by about Ushs 1.7 million.
There is also an overlap in land ownership
rights for mailo land where two people have
claims to the same piece of land, the mailo title
holder and the kibanja tenant. It was concluded
that the current land policy should promote the
leasehold system in peri-urban areas, since this
type of tenure opens land to a wide range of
users and use-options. The land policy also
needs to address the double ownership structure
under the mailo tenure which constrains its
marketability and transferability.
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Keywords
Land tenure, Premium, Uganda, Regression analysis, Mailo land
Citation
Alobo, S., Bashaasha, B., & Mugisha, J. (2012). Estimating the premium for titled agricultural land in Uganda. Uganda Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 13(1), 1-13.