Combating soil erosion requires holistic approaches that improve land
tenure systems and protect land rights. Good land governance is a key
variable that enables long-term investments in land. Integrated-farm
planning supports sustainable production increases and enables farmers
to develop a vision for development. Combining these two factors can
lead to approaches that create synergies and provide for long-term
sustainability based on tenure security and growth. This paper presents
such an approach, based on experiences from Burundi. It provides details
on two tested approaches for creating sustainable land tenure systems
and peer-learning systems for improved agricultural practices, which
combined and integrated with a strong soil protection component can
provide a sustainable, comprehensive manner to tackle the challenge of
human induced soil erosion in Burundi and elsewhere. The paper provides
insights from the work of one Netherlands-based NGO and its partners in
Burundi.