Agricultural land consolidation (Russian case study)

Abstract

Agricultural Land Consolidation is a merging, enlargement, eliminating of mosaic land ownership and improvement of configuration as well as optimization of the size of land plots. The development of Agricultural Land Consolidation in Russia is featured by the development of agricultural holdings and the increasing size of private farms. The average size of a holding amounted to 608.2 thousand hectares in 2020. Compared to 2018 it increased by 18.6 % in 2020. The average size of a private farm was estimated at 75.2 hectares in 2018. It increased by 75.3 % compared to 1995. The development of Agricultural Land Consolidation in Russia is mostly dependent on regional land policies. The Republic of Kalmykia is located in the Southeastern edge of Europe and it is a part and federal subject of the Russian Federation. In the Republic of Kalmykia, there is a unique trend, which is in the increase in the number of private farms and their average size. In 2019, the average size of a private farm amounted to 1,056 hectares in the region. It increased by more than 1.8 times compared to 1992.