A schematic introduction from the land in africa conference quan, j. Attempts to modernize land ownership by giving title either to the peasants who till the soil, or to largescale farming programs, have been tried under imperial rulers like emperor haile selassie, and under marxist regimes like the derg, with mixed. Ethiopian peasants have the right to obtain land without. The protection of land rights in ethiopia ethiopian legal brief. The land administration authority of addis ababa has assessed the last 8 years from 1994. Government shall have the duty, to the extent its resources permit, to support the development of the arts, science and technology. Land, land policy and smallholder agriculture in ethiopia. Usaid provided technical and financial assistance to develop a land use policy and prepare a road map on the preparation and implementation of a national integrated land use plan. While the current ethiopian government has implemented a land policy that is based on state ownership of land where only usufruct rights are given. We have used an extensive data set from ethiopia to study the countrys existing land tenure system from the perspective of farmers and to assess the impacts that this system currently has on agricultural development and implications for poverty reduction at large. Access to land is an important issue for the majority of ethiopian people. Review of landholding systems and policies in ethiopia under.
Current land use and land administration policies of the regions present restrictions on. Is the current land policy of ethiopia the most feasible one with respect to the economic goals of the country. Current land policy issues in ethiopia request pdf researchgate. Federal democratic republic of ethiopia ministry of.
Removing limitations of current ethiopian rural land. Land use policy, land use planning, conservation of. Request pdf current land policy issues in ethiopia we have used an extensive data set from ethiopia to study the countrys existing land tenure system from the perspective of farmers and to. The analysis of the current situation in ethiopia focused on four topics. The ethiopian government has set aside an area of land around the size of belgium, 3 million hectares, available for lease. Land policy there is a great need to help the ethiopian leadership think about how it can modify land policy and administration in ways that will encourage efficient farmers to produce more and improve their land management without reducing their livelihood security. Government and all ethiopian citizens shall have the duty to protect the countrys natural endowment, historical sites and objects. Although these are only a subset of the issues in which gender differences may be important, they are relevant to current policy discussions and may help inform the future directions of policy reform. We use data from the 2009 round of the ethiopian rural. The multidonor supported sustainable land management project1 noted major shortcomings as being lack of capacity at the different levels kebele, woreda and region, and lack of financial resources to implement the emsps and mitigation measures, and lack of capacity specifically. Attempts to modernize land ownership by giving title either to the peasants who till the soil, or to largescale farming programs, have been tried under imperial rulers like emperor haile selassie, and under marxist regimes like the derg, with mixed results. Pdf is the current land policy of ethiopia the most. Land policy in ethiopia, for example, is one area that needs revisiting as current land laws fail to provide incentives for developing land and increasing production of agricultural commodities. Urban land lease policy of ethiopia case study on addis.
It further examines alternative policy, legislative, institutional and implementation mechanisms, and makes recommendations deduced from a thorough analysis of. Dear abrish,may you send the national ict policy please. Land policy in ethiopia has been controversial since the fall of the military socialist derg regime in 1991. Pdf is the current land policy of ethiopia the most feasible one. Land lease policy in addis ababa ethiopian, chamber. Ethiopian economic associationethiopian economic policy research institute eeaeepri. Background land tenure policy in ethiopia has undergone a.
Food security and land governance factsheet ethiopia. Ethiopias agriculture sector policy and investment. In tigray state, northern ethiopia, where the detailed. Land, land policy and smallholder agriculture in ethiopia future. Lessons from the international experience pdf, 538 kb towards improved transactions of land use rights in ethiopia pdf, 428 kb. Current land policy issues in etkiopia food and agriculture. Land policy, the real source of power in imperial and contemporary ethiopia, remains at the center of a controversial policy debate. Ethiopian economic association eea primary descriptors. Since 1991, ethiopias record of economic growth has been very impressive. Large areas of land have already been leased to a number of foreign companies. As the current land policy in ethiopia demands permanent residence in a farming community to be eligible for a use right over a piece of land, the confinement view accuses the policy of having shackled farmers and forced them to permanently stay in rural areas. The story is one of studies, plans and new governmental agencies, not one of implementation. Furthermore, the current scholarly literature on ethiopian land tenure is. An assessment of ethiopian land policy from various perspectives.
A study on the impact of the current land lease law on business and investment expansion by. Land policy, the real source of power in imperial and contemporary ethiopia, remains. All original manual records should be stored in a secure vault. The problem of land reform in ethiopia has hampered that countrys economic development throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries. Review of landholding systems and policies in ethiopia.
Ethiopian economic associationethiopian economic policy research institute eeaeepri publisher. The current hot debate on the land issue focuses on privatestate dichotomy. Dear sir i want biodiversity policy of ethiopia doc. Ethiopias current ethiopian government has implemented a land policy that is based on state ownership of land where only usufruct rights are given to land holders, many agricultural economists. The ethiopian urban land lease policy represented by the lease towns of the amhara national regional state and addis ababa the capital city of the country would have been evaluated as compared to some experienced countries and to forward recommendations that would be useful for concerned parties. To ameliorate the situation problems the government has taken measures to improve the provision of housing, land development and basic urban services. Access to land is an important issue for the majority of ethiopian people who, one way or the other, depend on agricultural production for their income and subsistence. Land ownership vested in the state and this was enshrined in the 1995 constitution. In the elaboration and analysis of the current urban land policy in addis ababa. Challenges and policy responses the iup journal of governance and public policy, vol. Whether, from the current tedium of nondevelopment. Removing limitations of current ethiopian rural land policy. Bacry yusuf, development economics, american world. National policies and strategies ethiopian legal brief.
The current government plan to meet that objective is to attract foreign investors to develop lands. The insertion of the issue of land in the ethiopian constitution in the early 1990s, however, may indicate that rural land has increasingly become a political affair. Implications of land policies for the ruralurban linkages. Request pdf current land policy issues in ethiopia we have used an extensive data set from ethiopia to study the countrys existing land tenure system from. This paper critically examines the role of policies and institutions in addressing the developmental challenges of urban centers in ethiopia. The new constitution of 1995 approved and confirmed the state ownership of land in ethiopia federal democratic republic of ethiopia 1995. Land policy content the federal land administration and land use proclamation 1997 all land belongs to the state and peoples of ethiopia and shall not be subject to sale or to other means of exchange article 40. Implications of land policies for ruralurban linkages and rural transformation in ethiopia getnet alemu zewdu and mehrab malek development strategy and governance division, international food policy research institute ethiopia strategy support program 2, ethiopia e ethiopia strategy support program essp essp ii working paper no.
The land issue in ethiopia rural land is both an economic and a politicalsocial question in the presentday ethiopia. Urban land lease policy of ethiopia case study on addis ababa. Ethiopian economic policy research institute, addis ababa, ethiopia. Ethiopians have a deep notion, rooted in their feelings and their minds, that land is everything. National policy principles and objectives ethiopia. Ethiopian land reform as announced by halle selassies government and to suggest some of the many reasons for the lack of significant progress toward the achievement of these goals. But then reserves to three classes of people specific rights to land. The current land policy of ethiopia states that land both urban or rural, is the property of the. This consequence of the land redistributions and the current land policy does not seem to have been foreseen by the government of ethiopia. Current land policy issues in ethiopia request pdf. Abstract during the period of the transitional government of ethiopia tge, that took power following the downfall of the socialist derg government, the issue of land tenancy has hotly debated among politicians. Mar 29, 2018 there is a direct contradiction between the universalistic principles of the land policy, which accords all ethiopian farmers equal land rights, and the territorial implications of ethnic federalism that suggest lesser rights for nonindigenous ethnic minorities. At times, one observes the terms being used interchangeably leading to the notion of why one needs land use policy when the country already 2 this study refers to the five papers presented and discussed at a national workshop on land use policy in ethiopia at adama town on october 2021. A study on the impact of the current land lease law on.
Land policy in ethiopia ethiopian economic association. There is a direct contradiction between the universalistic principles of the land policy, which accords all ethiopian farmers equal land rights, and the territorial implications of ethnic federalism that suggest lesser rights for nonindigenous ethnic minorities. Land reformskeeping a 21st century ethiopia in mind by. Ownership, equity, and liberty in land use rights fig working week 2012 knowing to manage the territory, protect the environment, evaluate the cultural heritage rome, italy, 610 may 2012 land owned by the government was distributed to different people on the condition of serving the state at different levels. Under federalism, land administration has been devolved to regional governments.
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