Fragmentation of land ownership in Slovakia: Evolution,context, analysis and possible solutions |
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| Institution: | 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. IFAPA, Centro Camino de Purchil, Dep. of Agricultural Economics, Granada, Spain;2. IFAPA, Centro Venta del llano, Mengíbar, Jaén, Spain;1. Department of Landscape Planning and Ground Design, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Hospodárska 7, 949 01 Nitra, Slovakia;2. Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 1, 949 74 Nitra, Slovakia;1. Department of Agricultural Land Surveying, Cadastre and Photogrammetry, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Land Surveying, University of Agriculture in Krakow, ul. Balicka 253a, 30-198 Krakow, Poland;2. Konya Technical University, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department of Geomatics Engineering, Konya, Turkey;1. Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock (MFAL), General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies, Eskisehir Yolu, 9 Km, Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey;2. MFAL, GDAR, Bahri Dagdas International Agricultural Research Institute, Eregli Yolu, 2 Km, PK:125, Karatay, Konya, Turkey;3. MFAL, General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies, İstanbul Yolu, No:38, PK:51, Yenimahalle, Ankara, Turkey;4. MFAL, Head of Strategy Development, Eskisehir Yolu, 9 Km, Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | Land ownership fragmentation is currently a very topical issue in Slovakia. In particular, small farmers complain that even 30 years after the end of the previous (“real socialist”) regime, there has been no significant change in the structure of agricultural land use. The subject of the article is not the land fragmentation in terms of use. In Slovakia, the problem is rather the opposite. This contribution deals with fragmentation of ownership that is mostly invisible in the landscape. Usage still dominates over the ownership and the real landowner cannot get his or her own property in a simple way. The reason for this is huge fragmentation of land ownership, which makes it virtually impossible to actually claim it. Well known solution is the land consolidation that does not advance at a rate that would guarantee the rights (and obligations) of all owners in the foreseeable future in Slovakia. Neglecting the land fragmentation by authorities leads to tense situations between landowners and land tenants and also co-causes a stagnation of rural development and issues with landscape protection. The paper describes the specific state of land ownership in Slovakia and attempts to explain this complicated situation on a sample of 50 historical and modern ownership documents. This contribution has the ambition to specify the largely yet unresolved problems that arise from the current state of massive fragmentation of land ownership. The aim of the paper is also to fill in the information gap on the topic, not only in the national context. |
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| Keywords: | Land fragmentation Land inheritance laws Co-owners Small shares Land consolidation Land registry |
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