National Land Policy .

The Mission of the Land Policy is to ensure mid and long-term efficient land use planning, management and administration in Rwanda. Specifically, the policy shall address existing gaps or deficiencies in land use planning and mapping, land utilization by various sectors, and land administration and management.
The Policy contributes to making agriculture, forestry and fisheries more productive and sustainable. The policy will focus on efficient use and management of land to support the national transformation goals without compromising the benefits of future generations. For this purpose, actions proposed to be implemented in the course of this policy are organized around three main pillars (land use planning, surveying and mapping; land use management; and land administration) with eight thematic areas: (i) land use planning, surveying, and mapping, (ii) land utilization by various sectors, (iii) efficient land use management, (iv) land for private sector investment, (v) land registration, (vi) administration of land lease fees, real property taxes, and land markets, (vii) securing land rights and management of land disputes, and (viii) institutional and coordination framework of the land sub-sector. Two of the six Policy Objectives are: Ensure effective and efficient land utilization and management across various sectors such as agriculture, industry, forestry, livestock, human settlement, mining, and other public investment; Enforce land sub-sector coordination to ensure an integrated approach for efficient cross-sectorial land utilization and collaboration towards sustainable land use and management. For the pillar of land use management, a particular emphasis is put on how to secure and demarcate land to support strategic investments, and measures for efficient use of the available land. For the pillar of land use planning, surveying and mapping, one of actions proposed is to delineate all urban, peri-urban and rural land. This involves developing and adapting detailed physical plans for urban, peri-urban and rural settlements to guide effective and efficient use of land for sustainable development.
To address the lack of policy guidance on mainstreaming crosscutting issues such as people with disability, youth and gender, action is proposed in the Policy to develop a strategy for mainstreaming cross-cutting issues such as people with disabilities, youth and gender in land sub-sector.