Land Use Plan And Farmers-Pastoralists Conflict In Mvomero District: It’s Implications On Household Food Production

ABSTRACT

This research has been done in Mvomero District to examine the effects of land use plan

on farmers-pastoralists conflict and its implication on food production at the household.

Specifically, the study examining people’s attitude towards land use plan, assessing

effects of land use plan on farmers-pastoralists land conflict between and to examining the

effects of land use plan programme on household food production. A cross section

research design was adopted. Systematic random sampling was used to acquire a total

sample size of 120 farming households, 60 from a village with land use plan and 60 from

a village without land use plan. Data were collected through administered questionnaires,

key informant interview and focus group discussion. Statistical Package for Social

Science programme was used for analysing quantitative data, whereby descriptive

statistics, cross tabulation and t-test analysis were carried out. The content analysis was

used to analyse qualitative information. The findings show that the average conflict cases

were two and three per farming season in the village with and without land use plan,

respectively. However, the findings were not significantly different at p=0.05 level. On

food production, results show that the average number of maize bags produced in the land

use plan village was 5.49 compared to 4.42 bags per acre in the village without land use

plan. Based on the study findings, it is concluded that land use plan has no significant

effects on household food production since cases of land conflicts in the study areas still

persist. The study recommends that land use plan needs a strong institutional organ and

committed leadership.