title: Decree-Law guaranteeing the ownership of rural land to property grantees, 1987.
abstract: This Decree-Law provides that a buyer may become the owner of abandoned land by paying 10% of the land price to the Government of Equatorial Guinea.  The buyer is required to present and carry out a five-year plan for cultivation and may not sell the land to a third person.  If these conditions are not fulfilled, the land must be returned to the State, which will then distribute the land to villages.
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000383:Agriculture; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D016703:Equatorial Guinea; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D012939:Social Planning; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Agriculture--legal aspects; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Equatorial Guinea; Land Tenure--legal aspects; Legislation; Macroeconomic Factors; Middle Africa; Rural Development--legal aspects; Socioeconomic Factors