Acquisition of land in rural areas of Morogoro district of Tanzania: policy and practice
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Date
2013
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Sokoine University of Agriculture
Abstract
This study aimed at assessing the implementation of land policy al the village level with
specific attention to the process of land acquisition through the village government. The study
had three specific objectives which are: (1) to assess the rural communities' awareness of the
national land policy and the village land Act No. 5 of 1999: (2) to examine the actual
processes of acquiring land through the village government in rural areas and (3) to analyze
constraints facing rural people to acquire land through the village government. A cross-
section survey method was employed whereby two wards were selected purposively and from
each ward, two villages were selected randomly. A total of 86 respondents were interviewed
while other data was solicited through focus group discussions and key informant interviews.
SPSS computer program version 12 was used to analyze quantitative information while
qualitative information was analyzed using the content analysis technique. The findings
revealed that, the awareness of land policy is low among respondents. Majority of the
respondents reported about having heard about the policy but were not familiar with key
aspects of the policy. It was also revealed by the study that the process involved in acquiring
village land is not as per land policy guidelines. Furthermore, lack of transparency and
bureaucracy in land allocation process are the major limitations for rural people to acquire
land through the village government. From the findings it is concluded that, at the village
level, implementation of land policy is not effective. For the implementation to be effective
the study recommends empowering rural people through access to information and capacity
building for local institutions which oversee implementation process of land policy.
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Masters Disertation
Keywords
Acquisition of land, Morogoro district, Rural areas