Feed the Future (FTF) Land Tenure Assistance (LTA) activity has commenced

From the first quarter of 2016, LEI will provide technical support to DAI on this project. The project is part of the FTF initiative which sits under a five-year umbrella contract referred to as: Strengthening Tenure and Resource Rights (STARR).

The STARR program is designed to address resource tenure issues in support of key US Government strategic objectives, which include:

• enhanced food security
• climate change adaptation and mitigation
• conflict prevention and mitigation
• economic growth
• biodiversity protection and natural resource management
• women’s empowerment and gender equality, and
• reduction in the spread of infectious diseases (specifically HIV/AIDS).

USAID has invested in several agricultural projects in the Southern Agriculture Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT). It aims to develop targeted land tenure programming to support existing and planned investments by USAID in SAGCOT. The FTF LTA will clarify and document land ownership, support land use planning efforts, and increase local understanding of land use and land rights. It is anticipated that interventions will reduce land tenure-related risks and lay the foundation for sustainable agricultural investment for small holders and commercial investors throughout SAGCOT and in the value chains to be targeted in the FTF program.

For more information, please see
http://www.usaidlandtenure.net/commentary/2012/08/starr-iqc-awarded, http://www.dai.com/our-work/projects/tanzania%E2%80%94feed-future-tanzania-land-tenure-assistance-lta
http://www.usaidlandtenure.net/commentary/2014/11/feed-the-future-proves-commitment-securing-land-tenure
https://www.usaid.gov/what-we-do/agriculture-and-food-security/increasing-food-security-through-feed-future
http://www.feedthefuture.gov/.