Land tenure working paper 3. This document reflects the policies, status and trends of governance in Eastern Europe and in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The study assesses the state of governance and evaluates the ability of countries to contribute to the elaboration of FAO’s Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land and other Natural Resources.

This publication describes the experience of a number of transition countries in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union with crafting regulatory frameworks for irrigation water users’ organizations. It also seeks to distil a number of key regulatory requirements.

Document de travail sur les régimes fonciers 3. Ce document fournit une réflexion sur les politiques, le statut et les tendances de gouvernance existant en Europe de l’est et dans la Communauté des Etats Indépendants (CEI).

Documento de trabajo sobre tenencia de la tierra 3. Este documento ofrece una reflexión sobre la situación, las políticas y las tendencias de la gobernanza en Europa Oriental y en la Comunidad de Estados Independientes (CEI).

Semi-subsistence farm households (SFHs) have persevered in Central and Southeastern Europe. An outlook on future perspectives of SFHs asks for reliable information onthe phenomenon of SFHs and the impact of policy measures on their development options:(1) intensifying farming, (2) diversifying income creating activities, or (3) exiting farming for waged employment.

Agricultural production is based on environmental natural resources, that is soil, water, air and the whole landscape with its biodiversity. The using with resources of soil should therefore be balanced which would combine the tasks of farmhold utilizing from both economical, social and environmental protection point of views.

For a number of decades in the second half of the XXth century, agricultural land has been divided in Poland between three sectors:family, state owned and cooperative farms, with a dominating share of private, individual farmers in land use.

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of the soil tillage system on soil enzymatic activity. The performed investigations, employing two soil tillage systems: classical (ploughing) and simplified (no-tillage), were carried out on lessives soils (Luvisols) and rusty soils (Arenosols) differing typologically, with regard to their kind and species.

In view of the growing interest of foreigninvestors in investments in Poland, especially since Poland’saccession to the European Union, this article analyzes theprofitability of the transformation of the perpetual usufructlaw into the right of property at various times in the durationof this right, on the basis of the empirical formula presented inPolish law (the legal act) – The Ordinance of t

Land market, in Poland was rebuilt in the beginning of the 90’s and in the last years the dynamic on this market get a rate. The land prices in the first years of the transformation were very low. But now we can observe a rapid tempo of the land prices increase. The land starts to become treated as a place of a long term capital investment.

This Blueprint for EUROSCAPE 2020 proposes to undertake a radically new strategic operational approach for the European Union when defining targets for its territorial policies.

Land consolidation can be an important tool for increasing agricultural competitiveness and improving rural conditions. Farmers can become more competitive when they decrease fragmentation and increase the size of their farms, and rural communities can benefit when consolidation projects include components to improve local infrastructure and the environment.