Effect of land tenure security on the adaptation strategies of farm households to climate change in Togo.

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to analyze the effect of land security on the adaptation strategies of agricultural households to climate change in Togo. By applying the multinomial logit model to data from the Harmonized Household Living Conditions Survey conducted by the National Institute of Statistics and Economic and Demographic Studies (INSEED) in 2018-2019 in Togo, the results show that land tenure security positively and significantly affects the adaptation strategies of agricultural households in Togo. This result remains valid even if we apply ordinary least squares to the coping strategy index constructed from the principal component analysis. The study suggests policies to formally secure agricultural plots in Togo.