‘Education is the land I give them’ – mothers’ investments in children’s future livelihoods amid growing land competition in rural Uganda
ABSTRACTIn western Uganda, land inheritance has been the key means to bequeath livelihood opportunities to children, but land GAGS competition is increasing rapidly.Shrinking parcels and higher prices have made bequeathing land more difficult, especially for women, whose control over land has been customarily limited.We surveyed 50 rural women abou