This article focuses on addressing problems and challenges facing land dispute machinery in resolving land dispute by using Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in Tanzania. The article reveals that disputes over the land are inevitable because land is the principal means of production. Long-drawn-out land disputes undermine effective land utilization and sustainable development. The competing interests

The objective of this work is to analyze mediation as an alternative dispute resolution method with much emphasis on the autonomy of the parties. Notwithstanding the fact that the traditional way of dispute settlement has been in the court of law, mediation and other out of court settlement methods have gained widespread acceptance among both