The environmental effect of land use in the tenure systems in Ghana

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://acta.mendelu.cz/64/6/1889/" target="_blank" >https://acta.mendelu.cz/64/6/1889/</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.11118/actaun201664061889" target="_blank" >10.11118/actaun201664061889</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The environmental effect of land use in the tenure systems in Ghana
Original language description
This paper examines the land tenure system in Ghana and its impact on the environment. The main forms of land tenure systems are explained and the positive and negative impacts of each of these forms on the environment analysed. Specific attention is devoted to deforestation and soil depletion. The complex problems of land acquisition in Ghana, and the inherent insecurity effects on farming, which is considered to be the most important economic activity in the rural areas are examined. The analyses and the result proved that the insecurity of land tenure system has a direct relationship with the environment. Cross-sectional data analyses establishes that traditional forms of land acquisitions, ownership and land use form part of the main causes of environmental degradation in Ghana.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
GA - Agricultural economics
OECD FORD branch
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Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical
Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis
ISSN
1211-8516
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
64
Issue of the periodical within the volume
6
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
1889-1897
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85008698101

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