The Government of Uzbekistan (GoU) has
recently adopted a policy to mechanize the cotton harvest as
part of its drive to modernize the agricultural sector.
Under Uzbekistan’s state-order system it is compulsory for
many farmers to grow cotton. They are contractually
obligated to produce stipulated quantities that are annually
set by the government, and must sell these to the GoU at a
price fixed by the government. Almost all cotton in

Moldova has experienced rapid economic growth in the past decade, which has been accompanied by reductions in poverty and good performance in shared prosperity. Nonetheless, Moldova remains one of the poorest countries in Europe and faces challenges in sustaining the progress. The challenges for progress include spatial and cross-group inequalities, particularly because of unequal access to assets, services and economic opportunities.

Article 1 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Leaseholder of a plot of agricultural land pertaining to public or municipal ownership shall have the right of purchase of such plot of land in ownership in case the right of lease originates from conversion of permanent (open-ended) tenancy or life-long hereditary possession of such plot of land to lease, at the cost equal to 15 percent of its cadastre value”.

Amends: Regional Law No. 667-OZ “On some issues related to turnover of agricultural land”. (2015-03-18)

This Action Plan on Prevention and Control of Soil Pollution is a cross-sectoral Plan issued by the State Council regarding prevention and remediation of soil pollution to comprehensively improve the nation’s soil quality by the mid-21st century.The coverage of the Plan is national. China’s soil quality is facing severe challenges, due to adverse natural conditions in some regions, as well as anthropic factors including irrational mining and agricultural activities and fast urbanization. The soil contamination has drawn great concern of agricultural product safety and public health.

Le présent décret fixe les modalités d'organisation et de fonctionnement de la commission consultative en matière foncière et domaniale, organe collégial chargé d'assister les autorités compétentes dans le cadre de la gestion du domaine national.

This Decree of the Ministry of Environment lays down detailed rules for the quality protection of agricultural land. The preventive values of hazardous substances in the agricultural land are set out in Annex 1. The indicative values of hazardous substances in agricultural land are set out in Annex 2. Determination of the contents of hazardous substances in agricultural land shall be carried out using the procedures is specified in Annex 3. The sampling procedure for determination of contents of hazardous substances in agricultural land is set out in Annex 4.

These Measures, consisting of 20 Articles, aim to strengthen land management and regulation, strictly implement the land use control, and effectively protect arable land.The Measures provide for the requirements, procedures and rules to be satisfied for the preparation, issuance, implementation, supervision and assessment of the annual plans for land use.

Repeals: Measures for the administration of annual plans for land use (1999). (1999-03-02)

La presente Resolución aprueba la relación de procedimientos administrativos y servicios derivados de la actividad catastral a cargo de las Direcciones Regionales de Agricultura de los Gobiernos Regionales a los que se ha transferido la función de saneamiento físico legal de la propiedad agraria, incluyendo su denominación, plazo máximo de atención y requisitos máximos para cada procedimiento.

Implementa: Ley Nº 27867 - Ley Orgánica de Gobiernos Regionales. (2002-11-16)

Article 3 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Maximum land area allotted out of stock of agricultural land, pertaining to public or municipal ownership, to citizens for farming on condition of tenancy or ownership free of charge shall be 50 ha”.

Amends: Regional Law No. 54-ZO “On turnover of agricultural land”. (2014-04-10)

This Act provides rules for the prospecting for and mining of minerals specified in the First Schedule to this Act. Save to the extent provided for in this Act, it shall not apply to matters relating to petroleum and hydrocarbon gases. The Cabinet Secretary responsible for mining, the Principal Secretary of the responsible ministry and any person shall be guided by the values and principles enshrined in the Constitution and in particular Articles 10, 66 (2), 201 (c) and (d), and 232 of the Constitution and the principles of leadership and integrity.

This Law 49/2016 amends articles 5, 7, 14, 24, 26, 29 and 31 of Law 9693 of 2007. The amendments concern the ownership of the pasture fund now divided into a) the state pasture fund consisting of the pasture and lawns owned by the municipality managing their territory; and b) the private pasture fund consisting of the pasture and lawns in private property.The line ministry is the responsible authority for the protection and administration of the pasture fund in the protected areas.

This Decree, consisting of 4 Chapters, regulates the selection process for the families beneficiary of the National Agrarian Reform. This Decree specifies the following issues: the selection of families candidates for being beneficiaries of the National Agrarian Reform Programme - PNRA, the verification of the beneficiary's conditions for staying in the Programme and the illegal occupation of the settlement projects, the provisional and definitive titling of the granted plots and the allocation of the remaining areas belonging to the land reform settlement projects.