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rare. Land can temporarily be exchanged for bullock or tractor services.
When population density rises and land becomes scarcer, the land which is
fallow will be reallocated. Thus, smaller households that do not have enough
labour to cultivate all the land but who still want to keep the land at their
disposal also try to lease the land to neighbours or relatives. Land security is
very high as measured by rights over land and low incidence of dispute,
except for migrant farmers from other regions. Unlike statury law, customary
law does not recognise the female right of usufruct (Barry et al., 2005).
Hydro-Political Water Governance in Ghana
The water governance structures at various levels in the sub-basin are
shaped by international treaties, the national water policy, administrative
structures and stakeholders of the water resources. This section presents how
the above mentioned factors are related in the existing water governance
system of Ghana at the various levels.
Figure 2.4: Institutional Structure for Water Resources Management in
Ghana at the National Level (Source: Opoku-Ankomah et al., 2006) .