From conflict to conflicts: War-induced displacement, land conflicts, and agricultural productivity in post-war Northern Uganda

Mugizi, Francisco M.P. ^[1] ; Matsumoto, Tomoya ^[2]
1. [1] University of Dar es Salaam
  
  University of Dar es Salaam
  
  Gerezani, Tanzania
2. [2] Otaru University of Commerce
  
  Otaru University of Commerce
  
  Japón
Localización: Land use policy: The International Journal Covering All Aspects of Land Use, ISSN 0264-8377, ISSN-e 1873-5754, Nº. 101, 2021
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- This paper examines conflicts in northern Uganda over land rights and land demarcation between neighbours who returned from absence due to displacement caused by armed conflicts. It uses detailed parcel-, household-, and community-level data collected in 2015 from villages in northern Uganda. The results are noteworthy: households that were displaced to locations far from their homes are more likely to have new land conflicts and more likely to be concerned about land conflicts. Household number of years spent without doing farming in the home village and weakening informal land governance institutions appear to be the main mechanisms of the above results. Furthermore, land conflicts are found to have a negative effect on agricultural productivity because they reduce farmers’ incentive to invest in their plots due to insecure land rights.