Postwar Land Dispute Resolution: Land Tenure and the Peace Process in Mozambique
Author(s)
Unruh, Jon D.
Abstract
Land tenure issues are important to a peace process and agricultural recovery. This paper considers the constraints and opportunities for land tenure dispute resolution for groups belonging to customary and migrant tenure systems and formal tenure systems in critical resource (agronomically endowed) areas of postwar Mozambique. A survey was carried out on 521 households in two provinces of northern Mozambique. Following a discussion of land tenure in a peace process, the paper looks at critical resources, and evidence in land dispute resolution. The analysis examines differences with regard to evidence type, evidence response to land conflict, and relationships of conflict resolution.
