Land rights and intra-household employment and resource use in the peri-urban area of Banjul, The Gambia

The first study, the results of which are reported here, was a household production survey aimed at assessing market access and factor market constraints to land improving investment (trees, irrigation) and productivity. Although the horticultural subsector receives special attention, the study was designed to permit a variety of highly disaggregated, multi-purpose analyses; survey data were disaggregated by plot, gender, enterprise, and type of employment. Following an introduction, chapter 2 of this report describes the research methodology used in the household survey, including discussions of site selection, research hypotheses, sampling frame, survey instruments, and interview procedures. In chapter 3, a socioeconomic profile is provided of households in the three survey villages, in two categories indicating founding family status. Chapter 4 focuses on non-farm sources of employment and labor activity including wage- and self-employment, aggregate farm and non-farm sources of income, and remittances. Chapter 5 addresses land rights held by various categories of households and provides detailed information on land access, mode of plot acquisition, mode of land alienation, and land conflicts. Finally, in chapter 6, detailed information is presented on land quality, land use, land improvements, fruit tree investment, and income and expenditure from specific agricultural enterprises including horticultural activities. A concluding chapter 7 provides summary comments and policy implications. Includes references. (Author abstract, modified)