Sentence examples for individualization of land from inspiring English sources
Land administration as prescribed in the Land Act, 1998, and the Uganda National Land Policy, 2013, have strengthened individualization of land in most rangeland regions through deliberate interventions of registering individual freeholds and leases and further sub-dividing ranches into smaller blocks in an effort to commercialize and modernize the livestock industry (Byenkya et al. 2014).
Individualization of land was highly regarded by the colonial administrators because of the prejudice they held towards the customary communal land system that was predominant in Uganda.
Individual land ownership was further galvanized by a policy recommendation of the Royal Commission of Great Britain in 1955 that required Uganda to pursue a land tenure system that provides for individualization of land (Kisamba-Mugerwa 1992).
The Buganda Agreement of 1900 in central Uganda, the 1900 Toro Agreement, and the 1901 Ankole Agreement in western Uganda, respectively, were the major agreements that first introduced individualization of land in Uganda (Beyaraza 2004).
The interventions to promote individualization of land and sedentarization of pastoralists in Uganda were 'system blind' considering that they did not acknowledge the strength of pastoralism as a 'working model' that is intricately connected to the ecological functioning of the rangelands (Krätli 2010).
Policies that promote individualization of land and sedentarization have limited livestock mobility and flexibility in use of rangeland resources, led to break down of social networks that provide safety nets, and thus caused decline in rangeland productivity, increased livestock mortality during drought and negatively affected the livelihoods of pastoralists.
This paper, on the contrary, explores the dynamic tensions between individualization and collectivization of land and related benefit flows in a group ranch that has thus far not undergone formal subdivision.
Although our study did not quantify factors affecting mobility, field observations show that declining livestock mobility in the area is driven by a combination of factors, including increased individualization and disruption of social structures, increased competition and violent conflicts over resources, and lately the increased acquisition of land by investors following oil discovery.
