AGR 201- General Agriculture

Communal Land Tenure: The land belongs to the entire community, as represented by a family, a village, or a clan. This is a typical traditional practice in Nigeria. Every member of the community is entitled to a piece of the land for agriculture. Also, allottees have the freedom to grow choice crops, to use the land for any purpose and freedom to make desired improvements on the land without restriction. However, the individual allotted can neither sell any part of the land nor under normal circumstances, transfer the land to a stranger. The land tenure system involves a small population of users and subsistence farming, which hampers mechanization and economic exploitation in spite of abundance of land. There is a limitation to the acquisition of more available land by an intending farmer. Communal land cannot be used as security for accessing credit facilities in commercial banks. ii. Inheritance Land Tenure: This involves the acquisition of land by inheritance from parent(s) or generation to generation. In Nigeria, most agricultural lands are acquired through inheritance. iii. Leasehold System: This system involves the payment of a certain amount of money for the use of the land over a specified period of time. iv. Rent Land Tenure: This system involves the payment of a certain amount of money as rent for the use of a land by a farmer over a short period of time. v. Individual Land Tenure: This involves the ownership of a piece of land by an individual through either freehold or rent tenancy.