Land Governance Business Plan 2020-2030

Land in the IGAD region is synonymous with identity, culture, power, development, food and human security. Land and natural resources are abundant . In instances of good land governance (secure tenure, access and use), land and natural resources provide in many ways for IGAD citizens. In instances of weak land governance, land becomes a source of conflict, a perpetrator of social inequalities and discrimination, and a vehicle for the depletion of natural resources .

Healthy tenure governance systems are crucial to achieving IGAD development objectives . Yet land governance is often not prioritised, land reforms are addressed in silos and are seldom integrated within member countries’ strategies for development .