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Table 3 Distribution of cultivated parcels by tenure types.

From: Women empowerment, Land Tenure and Property Rights, and household food security among smallholders in Nigeria

Geopolitical zones

NC

NE

NW

SE

SS

SW

All

Acquisition mode %

 Inherited

62.0

70.0

60.0

54.0

55.0

30.0

54.0

 Purchased

10.0

15.0

23.0

14.0

12.0

10.0

16.0

 Leasehold

15.0

12.0

8.0

15.0

23.0

47.0

19.0

 Communal

13.0

3.0

8.0

17.0

11.0

13.0

11.0

Rights held on farmland (%)

 Can grow tree crops

83.0

88.0

88.0

74.0

76.0

51.0

78.0

 Can restrict access to others

74.0

85.0

83.0

72.0

71.0

43.0

71.0

 Can develop structures on land

77.0

86.0

86.0

73.0

73.0

47.0

74.0

 Can lease out to others

73.0

85.0

86.0

71.0

73.0

44.0

72.0

 Can sell the land

65.0

83.0

82.0

67.0

64.0

38.0

67.0

 Can bequeath to own children

63.0

82.0

78.0

60.0

63.0

36.0

64.0

Land titling status %

 Has well defined boundaries

25.0

22.0

15.0

3.0

12.0

23.0

18.0

 Registered with traditional council

14.0

6.0

9.0

4.0

2.0

4.0

8.0

 Registered with local government

5.0

14.0

5.0

0.0

1.0

5.0

5.0

 Registered with the state

4.0

3.0

3.0

0.0

3.0

5.0

3.0

  1. NC North central, NE Northeast, NW Northwest, SE Southeast, SS South-South, SW Southwest