1. LAND MANAGEMENT AND POLICY ON SUSTAINABLE USE OF LAND RESOURCES: THE CASE OF BURKINA FASO
Rodrigue Bazame*
Harun Tanrıvermiş*
Yunus Emre Kapusuz*
*Department of Real Estate Development and Management, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

2. Motivation
50% land resources are under hydric erosion threat (DGAT 2009)
High rate of Population growth (3% annually)

3. Motivation
Successive reformulations of Agrarian and Land Reform Act Since its first implemention1984
Increase of land conflicts especially in Rural Areas
Dualism in Land authority
Unsecure land ownership
Uncontrolled urban areas extension
Land grabbing in Rural areas
Low level of urban infrastructures investments
Unclear land market

4. Research Questions
What is the context of land resources and their use in Burkina Faso?
How land use changed over the time?
What are the main drivers of this change?
What are the institutional problems?
How land management system can be improved?

5. Methodology and Data Chronological analysis of land use change
Analysis of the drivers affecting arable land change- a multiple linear regression estimation
Institutional framework and policy assessment- Literature review and interviews
INSD, FAO and World Bank

6. Land use in Burkina Faso

7. LUC by Category over the period 1961-2014

8. LUC over

9. Econometric estimation of Arable LC
Arable agricultural lands (1000ha)
Coefficients
St. error t
P>|t|
(constant)
119,0568
27,64269
4,31
0,000
Forestlands (1000 ha) 0, 0,
4,22
Other lands (1000 ha)
-0, 0,
-97,94
Total annual population growth (%)
14,2207
7,042981
2,02
0,05
Share of Active population (%)
-3,550805 0,
-3,77
0,001
Share of Rural population (%)
-5,216032
5,725792
-0,91
0,368
Arable land per capita (ha)
117,5295
127,4204
0,92
0,362
GNP per capita (USD/person)
-0,
0,451559
-1,34
0,187
Value added of agriculture to GDP (USD/Ha) 0, 0,
1,80
0,079
Agricultural exports value (1000 USD)
-7,72e-06
2,92e-06
-2,64
0,012
Number of tractors (No.) 0,
0,006659
0,43
0,671

10. Land Management system in BF
(1) Cadastre and Land registry system
Absence of well-functioning digital cadastre survey registration system (out of 13 regional directory 10 are effective with limited works)
Land titles cover only 3,11% of the territory

11. Land Management system in BF
(2) Institutional Framework
Multiplicity of institutions affiliated to different ministries
Coordination issues and duties conflicts
Not effective in all the country
Misunderstanding from customary (local) entities
Lack of adequate Materials and Equipment
Lack of human resources
Lack of financial resources

12. Land Management and Iinstitutional Iissues
(3) Land Policy Implementation Experience
Significant regulations related to land issues but not sufficiently implemented (World Bank 2014)
No main Land policy but
PNSFMR ( )
and PHUD ( )

13. Land Management and Iinstitutional Iissues
Configuration of projects implementation in the framework of law (Hochet et al. 2014)

14. Land Management and Iinstitutional Iissues
Uncontrolled urban areas extension due to Squatting
Land speculation
Urban areas not sufficiently equipped
Absence of physical and Town Plan (TP) drawings
In ssome of areas either physical or TP drawings are not yet prepared

15. Conclusion A rapid LUC mostly affected by population growth
Extensive agricultural exploitation and oriented to family consumption
Uncontrolled urban extension and poorly equipped
Multiplicity of institutions and Coordination Problems
Land policy unsufficiently implemented
Absence of land planning instrument (TP, land Consolidation plans)
A recurrent land resources degradation with increase of land conflicts

16. Policy Recommendations
A Ministry of land
Cadastral survey works and land registry countrywide
Reinforcement of cooperation with countries like Turkey in term of cadastre system modernisation
Mid-term and long-term land policies
Reinforcement of local populations participation in land management
Improvement of Rural infrastructure (land consolidation and irrigation systems)
Reinforcement of cooperation with NGOs engaged in land resources protection
Land management and Real Estate curricula in universities

17. Thank you for attention!!!