Resettlement
Land for livelihoods
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- Resettlement
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- Land for livelihoods
On the 13th July 2020 host families from Senga village were the first to receive their replacement agricultural land (RAL) plots. Just more than a week later, allocation of RAL plots to physically displaced households from Quitunda village commenced and was completed by the end of July.
These events paved the way for the continued allocation of agricultural land to economically and physically displaced households. In total, more than 1500 households will receive a replacement agricultural plot, each of which will be issued with the official land title (DUAT) registered in the households’ name.
The allocation and receipt of agricultural land is a key commitment within the context of the overall resettlement program. The multi-step process spanned several years and required communities, the Project and the District Government – that holds primary responsibility for delivering replacement agricultural land – to work side by side to:
(i) identify land areas that:
(a) were reasonably close to households impacted by displacement;
(b) demonstrably suitable for cultivation and
(c) available for use as replacement agricultural land, and
(ii) allocate land to impacted households, and
(iii) subsequently issue land titles.
As described above, 68 landowners who were cultivating lands in the area ceded by the Senga community were compensated and subsequently, the first to receive their agricultural replacement plots.