Article 8.1 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Regional Government shall exercise the following plenary powers: (a) governance of regional public land; (b) allotment of land plots pertaining to regional property free of charge in ownership or in open-ended hereditary possession or tenancy; (c) land valuation for the purpose of conclusion of purchase and sale contracts; (d) establishment of land lease fees; (e) establishment of servitude fees and establishment of public servitude; and (f) validation of average cadastre value of land”.

This Regional Law regulates land relations within the limits of plenary powers transferred to regions by the Russian Federation.

This Regional Law regulates relations dealing with land tenure, protection and conservation of land, establishing plenary powers of regional state bodies in this sphere. It establishes minimum and maximum (150 ha) public and municipal land areas for plots of land allotted for family farming, and minimum (0, 5 ha) of agricultural land plots allotted in ownership for family farming. Single natural or legal persons cannot have in ownership more than 10 percent of the whole available agricultural land area on the regional territory.

This Regional Law regulates relations dealing with land tenure, protection and conservation of land, establishing plenary powers of regional state bodies in this sphere. It establishes minimum (equal to minimum land area authorized for construction in accordance with land-use planning provisions) and maximum (up to 1,500 square meters) public and municipal land areas for plots of land allotted to families for housing construction. It envisages allotment of public agricultural land to citizens with three and more dependent children for family farming and/or subsistence farming.

This Regional Law regulates relations dealing with land tenure, protection and conservation of land, establishing plenary powers of regional state bodies in this sphere. It establishes minimum (0, 04 ha) and maximum (100 ha) public and municipal land areas for plots of land allotted for family farming, and minimum (0, 04 ha) of consolidated plots of agricultural land. Single natural or legal persons cannot have in ownership more than 20 percent of the whole available agricultural land area on the regional territory.

This Regional Law regulates relations originating in the process of management of regional natural resources with a view of setting up favorable conditions for rational use, protection, conservation, reproduction and increase thereof, and environmental improvement. Objects of legal regulation by this Regional Law shall be land, air, subsoil, surface water and groundwater, forests, wild fauna and wild flora, natural landscapes and protected areas. Natural resources shall be public property.

This Regional Law regulates the issues of allotment free of charge of public land plots pertaining to the regional or municipal public land stock in ownership or on lease to natural and legal persons, but also in cases envisaged by Land Code of the Russian Federation in permanent (open-ended) tenancy to legal persons and to natural and legal persons in tenancy or lease free of charge or for fee.

This Regional Law regulates relations in the sphere of turnover of plots of agricultural land and agricultural land shares in common property. It shall not be applicable to plots of agricultural land plots allotted to citizens for individual housing construction, family and subsistence farming, gardening and horticulture. Minimum land area of consolidated land plot of agricultural land shall be set at 1 ha. Maximum agricultural land area that can be owned by a single natural or legal person shall not exceed 30 percent of total available regional agricultural land area.

This Regional Law regulates the issues of allotment free of charge of public land plots pertaining to the regional or municipal public land stock in ownership to some categories of citizens. The following categories of citizens shall have the right of allotment free of charge of public land in ownership: (a) multi-child families (with three and more dependent children); (b) single-parent families; (c) disabled persons. Plots of land shall be granted within the boundaries of municipal district of permanent residence.

Article 5 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Minimum and maximum land areas related to plots of public and municipal agricultural land allotted for family farming shall be set as follows: (a) maximum – 15 ha; minimum – 0,5 ha”.

Amends: Regional Law No. 39-ZAO “On regulation of land relations”. (2009-06-19)

This Regional Law regulates the procedure of registration of citizens with three and more dependent children that want to purchase in ownership free of charge plots of land pertaining to public or municipal property for housing construction. Documents required for access to this program are listed in this Regional Law.

The present Rural Development Policy and Strategies underscores one basic objective with regard to economic development, i.e. to build a market economy in which: i) a broad spectrum of the Ethiopian people are beneficiaries; ii) dependence on food aid is eliminated; and, iii) rapid economic growth is assured. Given the dominance of agriculture in the Ethiopian economy, i.e. agriculture contributes to about 80% of employment, the rural development effort is presently associated with agricultural development.Part Two focuses on “Rural and Agricultural Development Policies and Stragtegies".