Equitable access to land and tenure security for IFAD’s target groups are essential for rural development and poverty eradication.Tenure security influences the extent to which farmers are preparedtoinvest in improvements inproduction and land management. It shapes social relations and contributes to social stability –or rather,situations of tenure insecuritycontribute to social instability and conflict.Tenure security influences the sharing of benefits from agricultural activities among different individuals and groups within both households and communities. It can also have an impact on people’stability to access credit.

Equitable access to land and tenure security for IFAD’s target groups are essential for rural development and poverty eradication. Tenure security influences the extent to which farmers are prepared to invest in improvements in production and land management.

Interventions to be scaled-up are in this note are: (i) Recognition and recording of multiple and sometimes overlapping rights in community-level land use, watershed management, territorial, rangeland and forest management planning processes; (ii) Registration of land ownership and use rights; (iii) Equitable land access; (iv) Land conflict resolution and access to judiciary and legal aid and; (v) Civic education and public awareness-raising.