Land property rights and food insecurity in rural Cambodia

This paper presents evidence on the potential impact of agricultural land property rights on household food insecurity of rural rice farmers in Cambodia. To achieve this goal, it assesses the results of a survey of 256 farmer households in 32 rural villages of eight districts in four provinces in Cambodia. This paper finds that stronger agricultural land property rights are significantly associated with a lower probability of facing household food insecurity among rice farmers in Cambodia. This paper also argues that stronger agricultural land property rights are significantly associated with the ability to provide collateral and to access credit, which are among the factors which enable farmers to invest in their land, improve productivity and increase their revenue.