Impact of Certificate of Customary Right of Occupancy on Women: A Case of Agricultural Investment Activities in Iringa District Council.

Kingazi, Given (2021) Impact of Certificate of Customary Right of Occupancy on Women: A Case of Agricultural Investment Activities in Iringa District Council. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the extent at which, Certificate of Customary Rights of Occupancy (CCROs) issued to rural women improve their livelihoods particularly through their involvement in agriculture activities. It was guided by specific objectives: To assess the contribution of CCROs to women land security and ownership, to analyse the changes in agricultural investment and production trends on women before and after issuance of CCROs and to analyse the influence of CCROs on women access to loans for agriculture purpose. Cross sectional data from 381 respondents were included. Results show that, CCROs has contribution to women land security and ownership. There were improvements in agriculture investment and production trends on women after issuance of CCROs. Additionally, the output shows that CCROs has influence on women access to loans for agriculture purposes, savings, financial stability and increase of employment opportunities. CCROs has been observed to have contribution on women land security and ownership, improve investment, production, and influence access to loan for agriculture purposes in Iringa district council and Tanzania at large. Therefore, government should help to enforce to a greater extent the laws that gives women equal opportunity as men to access, use, and own land. Government should discourage and where possible remove the discriminative tradition and customs that hamper women to own landand improve customary right to enable women to own land hence raise women income, savings, financial stability and employment opportunities to women and country in general. Keywords: Certificate, Customary Right, Occupancy, Women.

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