Inventory data on land acquisitions highlight the role of policies and domestic players, as well as the limited benefits attained to from offi- cial registries in 14 countries3 suggest that policies influence the size and nature of large-scale land transfers, whether by lease or by sale. In Tanzania, where land rights are firmly vested with villages, less than 50,000 ha were transferred to investors between January 2004 and June 2009. By contrast, over the same period in Mozambique, million were transferred. But a 2009 land audit found that some 50 percent of this transferred land was unused or not fully used. Total transfers between 2004 and.
