Land fragmentation fragmentation and land consolidation in the agricultural sector : a case study from the Czech Republic
Travnicek, Zdenek ... [et al.]
Forty years of communism left peoplees access to property rights in the Czech Republic highly restricted. The repression of property rights severely impacted nearly 3 million Czech landowners, who could not farm on their own farm and fields. Property rights redistribution and restitution has been one of the main economic changes after velvet revolution in 1989. However, the renewal of land ownership rights and private farms after 40 years of communist regime has been no easy task. Land consolidation is the one of the most important instruments for the support of countryside development. Land consolidation is viewed as the most rational instrument for arranging ownership relations to agricultural and forest land, not only with regard to prudent and rational management but also with respect to landscape requirements and needs. Building of new common facilities in the framework of this activity means new roads, fish ponds, green vegetation in the landscape, limiting erosion etc., which is a contribution for everyone who lives on such territory. The initiative for land consolidation comes not only from land owners, but, also from the European Community. This report attempts to describe the history and development of land ownership and farming in the Czech Republic and uncovers difficulties that are associated with it.
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