Feed the Future Tanzania Land Tenure Assistance (LTA) Monthly Report No. 63

The program is implemented by DAI Global, LLC, under Contract No. IQC: AID-OAA-I-12-00031/AID-621-T0-16-00005, at the request of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The program's main objective is to assist the Government of Tanzania in implementing systematic village land registration, which is a critical component of the country's land reform agenda. During the reporting period, LTA accelerated its field activities in the Iringa and Mbarali districts, focusing on the delivery of Certificates of Customary Right of Occupancy (CCROs). In the Iringa District, LTA successfully completed the systematic village land registration process in two villages. The program also started conducting demarcation and adjudication of land in five villages in the Iringa District, with plans to complete the process by the second week of March 2021. LTA posted the results of demarcation and adjudication for three villages in Iringa for public display. In the reporting month, LTA assisted in printing and registering a total of 1,459 CCROs in Kipera and 1,594 CCROs in Lumuli. The program also organized CCRO issuance ceremonies in the Mangalali and Ibangamoyo villages in Iringa, delivering a total of 294 CCROs to the village land registries. LTA continued educating village land governance institutions and village residents in the Iringa District and Mbeya Region, organizing training sessions to educate village land authorities on various topics, including basic principles of land laws, village land use planning, and dispute resolution. LTA also provided women's sensitization and awareness trainings on land rights in Kikombwe, Wangama, and Lyamgungwe, as well as training on the Systematic Village Land Registration process, beneficiary contribution model, and application of MAST for demarcation and adjudication of land parcels to District Land Office technical staff for the Mbarali District in Mbeya. The program continued making efforts to lay the groundwork for ensuring the sustainability of the LTA activity through a viable successor NGO, introducing the LTA NGO to regional and district authorities, and exploring potential areas of collaboration with the Embassy of Sweden in Tanzania. The program's efforts to implement systematic village land registration have been well-received by the Government of Tanzania, with the Njombe Region Assistant Commissioner for Lands expressing interest in implementing the process in villages in the region through the LTA NGO. The program's sustainability plan involves transitioning its activity to a local NGO, which is expected to continue implementing systematic land registration activities in Tanzania using the beneficiary contribution model and the MAST process and technology.