Assessment of Tenure Security and Institutional Effectiveness in Rural Land Governance in Kersa District, Oromia, Western Ethiopia

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