Abstract:
Different land governance systems exist around the world, reflecting local cultural and legal
contexts. The aim of this research was to evaluate the practices of land governance in rural
areas, specifically focusing on tenure security and institutional effectiveness in Kersa district of
Jimma zone, Oromia Regional state, Ethiopia. Socio-Economic Characteristics of respondents,
the perception and views of respondents on the institutional capacity of stakeholders involved in
rural land administration, effectiveness of current rural land governance and factors affecting
land tenure security of rural landholders in the study area were collected from 352 sample
households and analyzed and interpreted using descriptive statistics and binary logistic
regression model and complemented with narration
