Land security could only be attained through genuine titles but many land owners in the country had no documented titles to their properties.
The absence of this has resulted in many missed opportunities for investment into farming, rural employment and rural prosperity.
Mr Martin Eson-Benjamin, Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), said these at the first ever official presentation of land title certificates, customary tenancy and customary freehold to 103 farmers in the Awutu-Senya District in the Central region, on Wednesday in Accra.
The MiDA started a study of land rights in Awutu-Senya, Kwahu North and Savelugu Nanton in 2007 and 1,350 parcels of land were surveyed to date out of an estimated figure of 2,500 in the Awutu- Senya District.
Mr Eson-Benjamin said the activity which cost 5.2 million dollars, took the form of systematic land title registration within the Awutu Senya Pilot registration district and the subsequent extension to other zones.
He also mentioned clearing of backlog of land cases in designated circuit courts in the MiDA districts and a public education programme to educate beneficiary communities on the benefits of land title certificate exercise.
Mr Eson-Benjamin said "the model we have witnessed in the Awutu-Senya District makes us very confident that we can move to other areas covered by the MCA programme and other parts of the country to survey and issue certificates".
He said the land title registry at Winneba had been completed and may be commissioned soon after which recourse to the Cape Coast regional office for registration would stop.
Mrs Jolyne Sanjak from the Millennium Challenge Corporation of the United States of America said the activity was part of a larger 547 million programme between the MCC of the US and the Ghana government.
She said the programme being implemented by MiDA was dedicated to poverty reduction through agricultural transformation and MiDA's concrete support for agricultural development in Ghana among others.
Mrs Sanjak said MiDA "will continue to ensure that all affected people and communities are engaged in the sensitisation, land rights identification, land survey and the registration process".
The Authority played a role in the adoption of Legislative Instrument 1914 by Parliament to declare the Awutu Senya District as a pilot registration area in accordance with the provision of the land title registration law, PNDC 152.
Accra, Oct. 7, GNA - Government has announced new peace moves with the National Peace Council and the Council of Muslims Ummah to tackle internecine skirmishes at Bawku, the Dagbon State and Agbogbloshie a suburb of Accra which have claimed some lives.
Vice President John Dramani Mahama who announced this said the measures were geared towards bringing new momentum in peace building efforts in the communities.
He was interacting with the leadership of the Muslim community in the country at the Castle, Osu, on Wednesday.
National Chief Imam, Sheikh Nuhu Sharabutu led the clerics that included Maulvi Wahab Adams, Ameer and Missionary-in-charge of the Ahmaddiya Muslims in Ghana, regional chief imams and heads of Islam sects in their discussion with government officials.
Vice President Mahama said the three conflict flashpoints were of great concern to government and the inclusion of Muslim Ummahs, an umbrella body of Muslim clerics in the country, was to help thaw the situation and prevent further carnage.
He expressed government's determination to organise a successful Hajj this year, and announced the establishment of transit camps at the El-wak stadium while prospective pilgrims from the northern parts of the country would be airlifted from the Tamale aerodrome to join their counterparts in Accra.
Vice President Mahama noted that government intended to airlift the pilgrims directly from Tamale but the nature of the runway could not make it possible.
He expressed appreciation to Muslims for their support for government and pledged of efforts to address the educational and economic problems facing zongo communities.
Sheikh Sharabutu in a speech read on his behalf, commended government for efforts to ensure a smooth and successful Hajj this year and pledged their total commitment to the government.
He expressed concern about the renewed conflict in Bawku and urged the feuding parties to use dialogue to resolve their differences and pledged the commitment of the Muslim leaders to assist in bringing peace to the area.