Evaluation of land consolidation impact criteria for rural development

Abstract

Land consolidation is one of the most important means of rural development practices. In order for land consolidation studies to successfully achieve rural development-oriented goals, they must be carried out “with the feature and content that responds to the expectations in the most appropriate quality”. In this study, the effect of the land consolidation and on-farm development projects, which were implemented and approved in two separate units in the Manyas district of Balıkesir province of Turkey, on rural development was examined. As a result of land consolidation, it was determined that the average size of the parcels in the study areas increased, the average number of parcels per enterprise decreased, all parcels benefited from the transportation and irrigation system, the parcel shapes were made suitable for modern agriculture, the amount of border area loss decreased and public investments were made without paying any price.