LAND-at-scale Burundi: Amahoro @ Scale

About this project

Burundi has the world’s highest hunger score and around 45 percent of the population is affected by food insecurity. The country copes with increasing scarcity of land as a result of increasing population size, returnees and Internally Displaced People (IDPs) and climate change. With the majority of Burundians depending on agriculture for their food and livelihoods, land scarcity makes this reliance on agriculture precarious. This pressure on land causes elevated levels of land disputes with over 55% of all court cases being related to conflicts over land. The results of these disputes are often highly uncertain, as land is commonly not registered and no good documentation of ownership or use rights exists. ZOA has successfully implemented Land Tenure Registration projects in the Makamba-province, but the sustainability of the local land offices (SFCs) remains an issue, as well as guaranteeing gender equality in land governance.The objective of this LAND-at-scale project is to improve tenure security of women and men, conflict resolution and to create the basis for improved agricultural production, access to justice and sustainable, climate smart agri-businesses. This will be done through the following project strategies:1) Implementing the land tenure registration approach in Nyanza Lac through the operationalization of the SFCs.2) Ensuring local land conflict resolution mechanisms can effectively resolve land conflicts in Nyanza Lac.3) Developing a business case that will…

Published by

Netherlands Enterprise Agency · Government

Countries

Burundi

Sectors

Decentralisation and support to subnational governmentLegal and judicial developmentDemocratic participation and civil societyWomen's rights organisations and movements, and government institutionsLocal government administrationRural land policy and managementFood security policy and administrative management

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesGood governance · Also contributesClimate mitigation · Also contributes

Funded by

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Implemented by

Ministère paix et réconciliation sous la croix (MIPAREC), VNG Diensten B.V., Stichting ZOA

Accountable

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Published by Netherlands Enterprise Agency to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 22 Jun 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: NL-KVK-27378529-LAS21BI1S.

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