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Book (stand-alone)Lessons learned from the introduction of land consolidation in North Macedonia during 2014–2023 2023
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No results found.Since 2014, North Macedonia has developed into the flagship country for FAO support to land consolidation in Europe and Central Asia. The first small technical assistance project began in 2014. During 2017–2022, support to the national land consolidation programme was scaled up with European Union IPA funding through the FAO-implemented MAINLAND project. In August 2022, a second EU IPA-funded and FAO-implemented project “Enhancing land consolidation in North Macedonia” was launched and will continue until 2026 in close collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy. From the beginning, the Government of North Macedonia’s vision has been to build up and implement a fully operational national land consolidation programme. In addition to the mentioned core land consolidation activities and projects, FAO has in North Macedonia in the same period provided technical assistance to a number of land policy-related activities, including to the privatization of state-owned agricultural land, addressing land abandonment and supporting the development of agricultural land markets. This publication aims to document the lessons learned from the introduction of a land consolidation instrument in North Macedonia during the period 2014–2023. The purpose is to share the experiences with land consolidation, which will also be of great relevance for other countries in Europe and Central Asia and beyond that are in the process of introducing land management instruments such as land consolidation and land banking. The structural problems in agriculture with small average farm sizes, excessive land fragmentation, water scarcity, need for modern irrigation systems and weak agricultural land markets are also present in several countries in North Africa, the Near East and South East Asia. In some of these countries, there is also an increased interest in the introduction of land consolidation instruments. -
Book (series)Opportunities to mainstream land consolidation in rural development programmes of the European Union 2008
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No results found.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. At the national level, land consolidation can help to develop the agricultural and other sectors that comprise the rural economy, and to im prove rural conditions by balancing the interests of agriculture, transportation, the environment, recreation, cultural heritage and tourism. Land consolidation can be applied differently in different situations, but regardless of the context, it can be used to introduce participatory and integrated cross-sector approaches into rural development. The European Union (EU) has included land consolidation as a measure of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). This new instrume nt was introduced to finance rural development policy in Member States for the period of 200713, and is intended to improve the competitiveness of agriculture and forestry, the environment and the countryside, and the quality of life and diversification of the rural economy. New instruments were also introduced to provide assistance to countries that are not EU Members. The Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPA) provides targeted assistance to candidate and potential candidate countries, while the E uropean Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) provides financial support to other neighbouring countries. These instruments offer opportunities for some support to land consolidation. This publication addresses the policy implications of using the new instruments to support land consolidation. It describes the available funding options and makes recommendations for including land consolidation within a rural development programme. -
ProjectFinal report: Feasibility study on the implementation of a land consolidation pilot project in Georgia 2023
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No results found.This summary presents the key findings and recommendations of the report on the feasibility of implementing land consolidation pilots in Georgia. Farms in Georgia are small and fragmented: about 99 percent of all farms are smaller than 5 ha and the average farm size is 1.4 ha distributed into 4–5 parcels. Land consolidation can support agriculture and rural development by reducing fragmentation of parcels and enlarging farms. Including land consolidation as part of a multi-purpose project brings additional benefits. In particular, integrating land consolidation with irrigation rehabilitation allows it to play a critical role in strengthening the agriculture–water–land nexus and climate change adaptation. A fully operational national land consolidation programme is feasible. The feasibility study presents a vision for the long term: a fully operational national land consolidation programme where land consolidation can be implemented, as appropriate, as a standalone initiative or as part of a multi-purpose project. This is possible. It has been done elsewhere in Central and Eastern Europe in less than a decade. The vision can be achieved if there is a strong and sustained interest by the relevant government agencies and by farmers and their communities, and if there is the sustained political will and support to make it happen.
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