GHI Launch Des Moines 2012

Land TenureIn Iringa District,TanzaniaA Rights-BasedApproach

Tanzania Food Security Context GHI 2012: 54/79 Score 19.3 ‘Serious’… close to ‘alarming’ One million people food insecure 42% of households have inadequate food c.80% of pop. relies on farming for income and food 95% of land cultivated by farmers with <3ha 83% of the land cultivated using a simple hand hoe Farmers lack skills, inputs & capital to invest in their farms.

Text  TextSouth Sudan and Tanzania - land available but basic implements/hoes

Land Rights Land Act No.4 & Village Land Act No. 5 (1999) To formalise tenure/occupancy and resolve customary rights issues Certificate of Customary Right of Occupancy (CCRO) Intent: – investment in land; – gender equality Little implementation! Not recognised as ‘instruments of mortgage’ Concern using a Rights Based Approach – duty-bearers & rights holders (supply and demand?) 10,000 CCROs issued in Iringa (180,000 in country)

Mustafa Kibibi BalizilaMwajuma Ramadhani Kachira 70 years old Bee keepers and farmers with new land certificates

SAGCOT, Land Investments and Compensation New Land Authority (2012) Land Compensation Fund – 25% of land value. ‘Land for Equity’ – – 15% to central gov. – 5% to local gov. – 5% to farmer ‘Not as much spare land as thought’ Southern Agricultural Land value linked to water Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT)

District land Registry

Conclusion High food insecurity (& high stunting) Smallholders have no land tenure (esp. women farmers) No incentive or ability to invest in inputs & irrigation Lack of policy coherence and policy implementation. District Land Office & Village Councils little resources – lack of political will. (High level research planned to test assumptions about impact of gaining title/CCROs)

GHI Launch Des Moines 2012

by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on Oct 18, 2012

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