Tenure, agricultural practices and land productivity in Burkina Faso: some recent empirical results

After a brief review of the recent discussion in literature on land tenure, the article examines the relationship between different forms of land rights, farming techniques and land productivity. In Burkina Faso, land rights of farmers are generally quite stable and secure, even in the absence of formal land titles. Farming practices do not significantly depend on the form of land rights that cultivators possess, and no differences in land productivity as a function of land rights were found.