期刊名称：International Journal of Development and Sustainability
印刷版ISSN：2186-8662
出版年度：2014
卷号：3
期号：9
页码：1862-1877
出版社：International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS)
摘要：This study analyzes factors associated with reverse tenancy and distress contracting in the land rental market for rural households in Malawi. Land rental markets transfer land from the land rich but resource poor to the land poor but wealthy households. It is also a remedyto the problem of land scarcity due to the soaring population growth and the resultant high pressure on farm land. We employed the binary probit model for participation, and the censored (Tobit) model for the degree of participation for both tenants and landlords to pin down socio-economic factors affecting reverse tenancy and distress contracting in the land rental market using 450 randomly sampled households across six districts. The study revealed that fixed rental contracts dominated while sharecropping was rare. Reverse tenancy contracts where tenants are richer than landlords in non-land assets were common. Own land and non-land resources (family labor, assets, tropical livestock units and others), and household poor health condition werefound to be significantly associated with land market participation and the degree of participation.
