Women who own land are more likely to have a greater say in household decision making. [Allendorf, K. "Do Women's Land Rights Promote Empowerment and Child Health in Nepal?" World Development 35, no. 11 (2007): 1975-1988]

Secure land rights for women can increase agricultural productivity and improve household welfare. [Giovarelli, R. and Wamalawa, B., USAID Issue Brief: Land Tenure, Property Rights, and Gender (2011), p. 2-3.]

Families with secure rights to land are more likely to have increased agricultural production and earn a greater annual income. [C. Chen, Land Reform in Taiwan (1961), p. 84, chart 12.]

Countries with large populations of landless people experience more conflict and instability. [Prosterman, R. and Riedinger, J. Land Reform and Democratic Development. John Hopkins University Press (1987)]

Children whose mothers own land are less likely to be severely underweight. [[Allendorf, K. "Do Women's Land Rights Promote Empowerment and Child Health in Nepal?" World Development 35, no. 11 (2007): 1975-1988]]