Land rights regimes in southwest Nigeria: Implications for land access and livelihoods security of settled Fulani agropastoralists

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-103

  Fabusoro, Enny ^a   Matsumoto, T ^b   Taeb, M ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agropastoralists; Fulani; Land; Land access; Livelihoods; Rights; Security; Southwest Nigeria

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL ASPECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

LAND RIGHTS; LIVELIHOOD ACTIVITIES; LIVELIHOOD SECURITY;

LAND USE;

LAND RIGHTS; LANDOWNERSHIP; PASTORALISM; PUBLIC ACCESS;

AFRICA; EKITI; NIGERIA; OGUN; OYO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 41049099184     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.816     Document Type: Article

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