Communal Land Service in Mabanda and Vugizo communes in Makamba Province of Burundi

General

To contribute towards the development of a national policy for the establishment of a communal land service in all the communes of Burundi.

Objectives

General objective : The owners of the 39 collines in targeted communes of Mabanda and Vugizo have land rights secure enough to allow them and their households to invest in their fields and intensify agricultural production Specific Objective 1 : At the end of the project, there is more consensus among the inhabitants of the 39 collines targeted in Mabanda and Vugizo over the extent and nature of their land rights, land rights of their neighbors, and land rights of members of their families Specific Objective 2 : At the end of the project, a significant majority of the population of the 39 collines targeted in Mabanda and Vugizo understood, internalized, accepted and put into practice the rules and requirements of formal land management Specific Objective 3 At the end of the project, there is a process (and capacity within SFC) for the certification of land that continues to operate in a sustainable manner.

Target Groups

Target groups: Mabanda and Vugizo communes (especially its leaders and support staff of Communal Land Services), 39 Recognition Commissions on the colline level (involved in the resolution of land conflicts during the registration process), Land sectorial group. Final beneficiaries: Approximately 9,000 owners (and their households) of the 39 collines in targeted Mabanda and Vugizo communes Women with customary interest in land to be certified (unknown number)