The structural transformation of agriculture in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe

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Dec 17, 2009
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Vol. 96 No. 4 (2009)
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Andrzej Zadura
Agencja Nieruchomości Rolnych

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22630/RNR.2009.96.4.87
Keywords : land consolidation, land ownership right, privatisation, land reform, restitution, land fragmentation
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The article aims to present the synthesis of experiences resulting from transformation of land ownership rights in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEEC). In the majority of CEEC, after the liquidation of cooperative and state farms, agricultural land was privatized through the restitution of ownership rights belonging previously to private persons. In some CEEC the beneficiaries of restitution arouse from employees of agricultural service, country pensioners or even people not connected with agriculture. This kind of restitution is mostly named as land reform. Sometimes new landowners did not undertake any agricultural activity due to the lack of financial means, agricultural education or motivation for work in agriculture. In this case the territorial structure of former users of land was unchanged but nowadays they are market-oriented cooperatives or large private enterprises. In few CEEC the transformation did not change the essence of the activity of previous agricultural cooperatives or state farms. However, despite various opinions about the results of transformation it seems to be unquestionable that old model of state and cooperative farms will not play a substantial role in the development of the economies of mentioned countries

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Zadura, A. (2009). The structural transformation of agriculture in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Annals of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, 96(4), 248–255. https://doi.org/10.22630/RNR.2009.96.4.87
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