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Participatory Land Use Planning to Support Tanzanian Farmer and Pastoralist Investment

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dc.creator Hart, Abigail
dc.creator Elly, Tumsifu
dc.creator Nguni, Winnie
dc.creator Recha, John
dc.creator Malley, Zacharia
dc.creator Masha, Rodgers
dc.creator Buck, Louise
dc.date 2016-03-30T09:26:49Z
dc.date 2016-03-30T09:26:49Z
dc.date 2014
dc.date.accessioned 2018-04-18T12:36:41Z
dc.date.available 2018-04-18T12:36:41Z
dc.identifier Hart, A. et al, (2014), Participatory Land Use Planning to Support Tanzanian Farmer and Pastoralist Investment: Experiences from Mbarali District, Mbeya Region, Tanzania. Policy Brief, International Land Coalition
dc.identifier 978-92-95105-00-3
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1383
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/11474
dc.description The food security of more than 80% of Tanzania’s population and the country’s economic growth depend on family farming on certifi ed village lands. Realizing importance of smallholder’s roles in food security and economic development, the government ntroduced Village Land Use Planning (VLUP) as a tool towards sustainable family arming in support of green growth – a strategy for sustainably improving productivity within degrading natural resources. This study explored the potential for village certifi cation and VLUP processes to improve opportunities for sustainable family farming and green growth development. The study focused Mbarali District in Mbeya Tanzania, where interest in VLUP has been growing a result of increasing demands on land for agriculture, livestock, conservation and, more recently, large‑scale agriculture investments. The study found that while the VLUP process is an important stepping stone for securing land tenure for smallholder farmers, many barriers currently prevent it from contributing to green growth at a signifi cant scale. Among the pertinent challenges are inadequate support (fi nancial and technical) for implementation, lack of undertstanding of village certifi cation and VLUP processes and its participatory nature by key actors, insensitivity to minority groups’ needs, and contests over boundaries between village governments. Preliminary fi ndings show that, where properly implemented, VLUP would potentially advance family farming leading to the issuing of Certifi cates of Customary Rights of Occupancy (CCRO) to individual farm families, providing legal mechanism for more vulnerable producers, particularly women, to protect their land and resources, guaranteeing long term access to common pool resources within the village, and reducing social confl icts.
dc.description IFAD, SIDA, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs - US.
dc.language en
dc.publisher International Land Coalition
dc.title Participatory Land Use Planning to Support Tanzanian Farmer and Pastoralist Investment
dc.title Experiences from Mbarali District, Mbeya Region, Tanzania
dc.type Other


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