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Land Tenure and Its Influence on Agriculture in Artisanal Gold-Mining Zones of Sikasso Region, Mali

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dc.contributor.author Keita, Mahamadou Moussa
dc.contributor.author Ogendi, George Morara
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.date.accessioned 2021-06-25T13:38:08Z
dc.date.available 2021-06-25T13:38:08Z
dc.identifier.issn 2162-1993
dc.identifier.uri http://41.89.96.81:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2623
dc.description.abstract Land tenure is a major determinant of the types of land use in a region or area and, by extension, affects its conservation. Most of the land that falls under public or communal land-tenure systems in developing countries such as Mali faces numerous challenges among them being natural resource overexploitation. This is mainly because the land is openly accessible to all people around it, and thus the tendency to overexploit the land resources leading to degradation, and food and environmental insecurity. In Mali, land ownership falls under three categories: Public or Government, Communal and Private. This study was undertaken to assess the land ownership types in Yanfolia District, Mali, a gold-mining area that lies some 170 km southern east of capital district of Bamako and upstream of Selingué dam on Sankarini River. A social survey of 200 households was done using a structured questionnaire. Additional research instruments were focus group discussion, key informant interviews and observation check-lists. The data was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The study findings indicated that most of the land under gold-mining was owned by the government followed by community and finally private. There were significant associations between size of land under gold-mining and land tenure types: communal land (χ 2 = 30.52; p = 0.000); private land (χ 2 = 65.09; p = 0.000) and public or government land (χ 2 = 177; p = 0.000). Gold-mining takes place mostly on lands classified under public/government and communal compared to that which takes place on lands classified as private. It is recommended that the relevant Malian governmental regulatory and enforcement agencies implement and enforce existing environmental laws with respect to land and environment. These agencies should adopt participatory and sustainable approaches to land and natural resources management for improved food and environmental security. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Open Journal of Ecology en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries ;11, 95-104
dc.subject Land, Gold-Mining, Environment, Agriculture, Food-Security en_US
dc.title Land Tenure and Its Influence on Agriculture in Artisanal Gold-Mining Zones of Sikasso Region, Mali en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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