HOW LAND-BASED INVESTMENTS CAN WORK FOR COMMUNITIES IN TANZANIA

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Tanzanian policy makers have an opportunity to spearhead the implementation of the country’s industrialisation agenda through integrated and people-centered land-based investments. In a country where most people depend on land to derive their daily subsistence, it is critical that legitimate land owners are given a central focus in land-based investments that include but are not limited to agriculture, livestock keeping, tourism, and forestry. Evidence shows that existing large-scale land-based investment in many places in the country either marginalise or exclude small producers, particularly women.

Small producers are often less engaged in designing, implementing and monitoring land-based investments. Current arrangements on compensation and benefit-sharing from landinvestment further marginalise communities who give up their land for the development of such investments. This policy brief provides key messages, updates the state of landbased investments in the country, and makes recommendations to make the sector viable and beneficial for diverse community groups.