Facing the challenges in building sustainable land administration capacity in Ethiopia
Belachew Moges, Melkamu & Shewakena Aytenfisu Abab
Ethiopia is, in the last two decades, taking some legal and policy positive measures to improve the old long lasting poor land administration system. Land registration and certification is being implemented in the country though in quite varying scale and quality. However, there are several major gaps in the existing sustainable land management practices. The responsible organ for the implementation of the land administration laws at national level is the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MOARD). There is one unit called Watershed Management Team under the Natural Resources Conservation and Management Directorate of this Ministry which follows up and monitors all aspects of land administration development throughout the country. As it stands now, this structure does not give the required degree of autonomy and capacity to the land administration system in the country in the rural and urban areas. In the regions, this structure is being followed almost in all regions where the system is introduced.
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