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rural communities, developing nations, common property resources, food security, homeland security, kinship, tribe, clan, customary rights, colonialism, tribalism, structural adjustment, private property, communal property, land use policy, property rights, farmers' rights
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Definition
Land tenure is a general term to describe the holding of land by an individual or group of persons. It has rules of access, use, extraction, and intergenerational inheritance. In many developing nations, land tenure relies on kinship and lineage. These customary rights have confronted modern interventions from colonial administrations, state legislation, oligarchical tribalism, and international requirements for loans and aid. In many developing nations, clear and enforceable communal and/or private rights are much desired by peasants, farmers, and indigenous peoples as a form of security for food production and freedom from politically influenced loss of homeland. Sustainability initiatives in these locales requires mapping, surveying, education as to ownership options, acceptance by the state, and the help of NGOs.
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