The Influence of Land Certification, Access to Credit, and Institutions on Land Transfers in East Java Province

Abstract Population growth in low income countries continues to increase year after year, threatening the availability of agricultural land. The way to have land access are transferring land through a rental system. The transfer maintains their livelihoods and in turn can maintain national food security. The purpose of this study is to determine the condition of land transfers and factors affecting land transfers in East Java Province. The research applied mix method. This research used data from the 2014 Agricultural Household Income Survey (SPP) of 43,130 respondents. The condition of land transfer in East Java Province was analyzed using descriptive analysis and the factors affecting land transfer were analyzed using binary logistic regression analysis with 11 variables. The results of the analysis showed that 1) the transfered land in East Jawa accounted to 36.1%, and the rest did not make land transfers accounted for 63.9%. 2) Factors that significantly and positively influence land transfer are access to credit, farmer group membership, the role of extension workers, cooperatives participation, total household income, gender, number of family members, land in another party, and own land. Other factors that significantly and negatively affect land transfer activities in East Java Province are land titles and farmer age. This research suggest to governerment to increase farmer credit access.