Module 7 is intended to enable you to:
1. Define land tenure and discuss three principal forms of land tenure.
2. Describe the effects of different forms of land tenure on attaining the four national policy objectives.
3. Cite case studies of land legislation to convert communal tenure into individual tenure and open-access tenure into well managed group tenure. Discuss the potential conflicts and trade-offs among national policy objectives in the implementation of these tenure reforms.
4. Discuss the roles of tax policy and stock control in controlling overstocking.
5. Describe important factors contributing to "spontaneous" tenure changes led by herders.
6. Discuss the merits and demerits of customary tenure in relation to mixed farming systems.
