*3.3.1.2 Participation of beneficiairies in land redistribution in Gishwati area*

Land redistribution was one of the challenging issues in Gishwati area to avoid any dispute of land among land users. After restoring landscape, all developed lands intednded for crop and grazing activities were redistributed back to local people. In this process, a technical team was formed including local leaders at district, sector, cell and village levels. Integrating beneficiaries (farmers) in the decision process of land use planning helped to ensure the sustainable utilization of implemented land husbandry technologies.

This activity was successfully implemented for 5633 households whereby lands were equitably allocated to 4353 and 1280 farmers for crop and grazing activities respectively. For the rangeland, each household was given one hectare. However, to ensure sustainable utilization and management of this land, households were formed into groups of ten, making a total area of ten hectares which were cut into one paddock.

#### *3.3.2 Landscape restoration interventions in Gishwati area*

In addition to identified land use plan categories, this section comprised implementation of land husbandry technologies in crop land, development of rangeland, plantation of forests, construction of road and water drainage infrastructures and other ecosystem products.
