Farm Land Rationalisation and Land Consolidation: Strategies for
Multifunctional Use of Rural Spacein Eastern and Central Europe
by Dr. James Riddell and Dr. Fritz Rembold
Key words: Land fragmentation, village renewal, rural
development, land use planning, stakeholder participation.
Abstract
After 50 years of collectivisation, countries in
Central and Eastern Europe CEE have made significant progress in the
devolution of state-owned real estate to private urban and rural
owners. This restitution of private property is considered a
cornerstone for a future democratic, market economy and integration.
Thus, priority was given to speed up the re-privatisation process,
secure land tenure and property rights and develop land markets.
Notwithstanding the remarkable success of the land reform process,
land fragmentation emerged as a side effect with detrimental
implications for private and public investments, sustainable economic
growth and social development. Consequently less-favoured and
least-developed regions with economies still depending on agriculture
have been witnessing negative growth rates, soaring unemployment,
mounting rural poverty and as a result, serious social and economic
disintegration and wide-spread disappointment among local actors and
stakeholders. This paper presents current work in progress of FAO and
its partners to design, develop and test an integrated strategy for
land consolidation, village melioration and rural development in
representative locations in selected CEE Member Nations.
Dr James Riddell, Chief
Land Tenure Services
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
Room B-513
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
I-00100 Rome
Italy
E-mail Jim.Riddell@fao.org
Dr Fritz Rembold
Land Tenure Services
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
I-00100 Rome
Italy
E-mail: Fritz.Rembold@fao.org
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