Whereto land fragmentation–land grabbing in Romania? The place of negotiation in reaching win–win community-based solutions |
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| Institution: | 1. Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Babes-Bolyai University, 30 Fantanele Street, Cluj-Napoca 400294, Romania;2. Faculty of Business, Babes-Bolyai University, 7 Horea Street, Cluj-Napoca 400174, Romania;3. Faculty of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Calea Manastur Street, Cluj-Napoca 400372, Romania;4. Doctoral School of Engineering, University of Oradea, 1 Universitatii Street, Oradea 410087, Romania;1. Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, 219 Ningliu Road, Nanjing 210044, China;2. China Institute of Manufacturing Development, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, 219 Ningliu Road, Nanjing 210044, China;3. School of Information, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, 18 Xueyuan St., Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310018, China;1. CIRAD UMR G-Eau TA C-90/15 73, rue JF Breton, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France;2. IRD UMR G-Eau Campus ISRA IRD de Bel Air, Route des Hydrocarbures, BP 1386, CP 18524 Dakar, Senegal;3. IER ESPGRN, CRRA de Niono, Mali;4. CIRAD UMR G-Eau TA C-90/15 73, rue JF Breton, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France;1. Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, Department of Landscape Planning and Land Consolidation, Hospodárska 7, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia;2. Research Institute of Geodesy and Cartography of the Slovak Republic in Bratislava, Chlumeckého 2, P.O.Box 57, Slovakia;1. LL.M’13, Berkleley Law, University of California, United States;2. Department of Geography, Ghent University, Belgium;3. Economics and Rural Development, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Belgium;1. Institute of Theoretical and Applied Research (ITAR), Duy Tan University, Hanoi 100000, Viet Nam;2. Center for Socio-Economic Analysis and Databases, VNU University of Economics and Business, Hanoi, Viet Nam;3. Thang Long Institute of Mathematics and Applied Sciences, Thang Long University, Hanoi, Viet Nam |
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| Abstract: | The present study seeks to discuss and advance the understanding of land fragmentation and land grabbing within Romania's economic historiography landmarks, depicting how the origins of the land property issues are deeply embedded politically, socially, and culturally in history and still strongly exist in today's collective mind. Scientific evidence on the perceptions and behaviors of land owners regarding land grabbing was obtained through a non-probabilistic survey. The data collection instrument was a structured questionnaire, which was applied through face-to-face interviews to a sample of 52 Romanian land owners from various regions of the country. The results show that in the land owners’ perception, if land is sold to foreigners, national security is the most vulnerable aspect. Regarding the preference for the nationality of the land buyer, the majority of the people investigated prefer to sell to a Romanian buyer, thus making a clear statement in favor of the Romanian ownership of the land. The empirical results are placed in the context of a bottom-up approach—negotiation, with a high potential, unexplored in Romania, for implementing win–win agricultural solutions. Negotiation is valued as part of the answer to land fragmentation–land grabbing, a “back and forth” matter. The study recommends several measures for land use policy, tailored according to specific Romanian conditions, such as using an open access electronic registry of foreign land acquisitions, establishing a threshold for these acquisitions, and securing the preservation of the agricultural destination of land. In a political and economic context where land fragmentation and grabbing are two realities that are hard to deny and separate, a significant implication of the research is the enrichment of knowledge related to the sources of the “chronical” nature of fragmentation and to land owners’ attitude toward land grabbing, thus contributing to the design and implementation of future integrative land use solutions. |
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| Keywords: | Land grabbing Land fragmentation Agriculture Legislation Negotiation Romania |
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