摘要：Land tenure is the system of rights and institutions that governs access to and use of land and other resources. Food security is the state of having secure and sustainable access to sufficient food for an active and healthy life. Research on both topics has generally proceeded along separate but related tracks—the former focusing on the links between access to land, resource use, and income generation; the latter tracing links from income generation to food consumption and nutritional status. Recently, 1 property rights (the “building blocks” of land tenure) have received increased attention as policy instruments that affect access to food, yet the links suggested by such instruments have been the subject of little empirical research. In this paper we attempt to build on a conceptual analysis of both land tenure and food security to set these various links in a dynamic framework that captures both the effects of access to resources on food security and the effects of food security on access to and use of resources. We then use this framework to examine a range of issues arising in empirical research and to discuss their implications for future research related to land policy and food policy.
