RRA's for land policy formulation in Tanzania

The Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development (MLHUD) in Tanzania is currently reviewing land policy, with the aim of supporting equitable, environmentally sustainable agricultural growth. A Seminar and RRA's in four villages provided an opportunity for mid-level policy-makers from different government departments to think about land policy issues. The article describes how a RRA carried out in one of the villages revealed many problems with the process of land use planning (LUP). Many of these arose from attempting to use a top-down process in a situation that required bottom-up planning.