(a)List six types of land tenure systems. (b) Discuss five reasons why the government should enforce the land use legislation.
Explanation
(a) The various types of land tenure systems are: (i) gift (ii) communal (iii) purchase, freehold or individual ownership (iv) inheritance (v) leasing or leasehold (vi) pledge (vii) share cropping, rent or tenancy (viii) Tenancy at the will of Government
(b) Reasons why government should enforce the land use legislation include:
(i) Security of tenure: to safeguard farmers against unreasonable eviction
(ii) Ensuring proper land use: To ensure that agricultural land is not unnecessarily diverted to non-agricultural purpose.
(iii) Government projects: To make large tracts of land available for government sponsored development of large scale farms or resettlement schemes
(iv) Land improvement: to carry out large scale improvement such as irrigation, drainage and soil water conservation in order to ensure a reasonable standard of efficient production for a long time, and such a requirement should be obligatory, irrespective of land tenure system.
(v) Influence on size of holdings: To prevent land fragmentation and encourage the consolidation of small holdings into large units
(vi) Freedom of enterprise: To encourage freedom of farming in cases where there are regulations or traditional views that militate against such freedom
(vii) Control of production: To encourage the production of certain produce and curtail the production of others through the control of land use (viii) Land litigation: To reduce the number of land litigation amongst the citizens.