2012 Annual Report
Need in a land of plenty
politics of water in rural China: a review of English-language scholarship
Politics is about access and power, and access to freshwater resources in rural China is complicated and understudied. China's massive size and diverse climate make it hard to generalize about freshwater resources in rural areas of the country. On balance, China is not water-scarce, yet geographic and temporal variations in water availability are dramatic, with China's driest areas receiving far less precipitation than the wettest areas. Rural areas are the locus of competition among freshwater users including agriculture, power companies, industry, households and ecosystems.
Land consolidation as a tool for its successful management
As a result of the Land Reform, property forming and land market, farm areas were often built up from a number of land plots (up to 20), sometimes with unfavourable order. With the rural development and stabilization of farm production, the role and tasks of rational territory organization are expected to increase significantly in the area. It can be forecasted that, as a result of land rent and further purchase and sell, and other transactions, many new farmland properties are expected to appear that will not correspond to the requirements of rational territorial organization.
Agricultural land market in Poland and the European Union
The aim of this study was to compare the agricultural land market in Poland and in the selected countries of the European Union. The present paper compares the price changes of agricultural land in Poland and the EU. This research contains the information on institutions involved in agricultural land management in the selected EU countries. The paper presents the current state of the Polish market and its prospects for the land. Therefore, the development of the agricultural real estate market in Poland covers the years from 2004 to 2012.
Evaluation of indicators of cadastral assessment
To justify the importance of the indicators affecting the cadastral value, surveys were carried out, by help of which opinions of different respondent groups were summarized. The interviewed respondent groups were real property specialists of municipalities and experts. The thematic blocks of the questions included in the questionnaires are designed with the aim to clarify the quality of the indicators of cadastral assessment models, as well as their significance.
Identifying priority investments in water in Myanmar?s dry zone: final report for component 3. [Project report of the Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) Dry Zone Program]
Resolution No 415 of 2013 of Georgian Government on Charter for Determining Level of Fertility of Soil and Charter for Soil Conservation and Fertility Monitoring
The Resolution regulates fertility and conservation of soil. It consists of two charters: Charter for Determining Level of Fertility of Soil (Annex 1) and Charter for Soil Conservation and Fertility Monitoring (Annex 2).
Importance of area payments for the agricultural land use
In the recent years the issue of optimal size of the utilised agricultural area and its accessibility in particular regions has gained increased importance. Total area, types and conditions of the utilised agricultural area are essential to shaping and implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy. This research comprises investigation of the single area payment and the area payments done in scope of the Rural Development Programme for the time frame of 2007 – 2011.
Agricultural land market as a tool of sustainable development of rural areas in the Republic of Moldova
The paper has two main applications: it represents a model for pricing – which might be used by investment funds, or other organizations interested in agricultural land acquisitions; the interest is in buy/sell transactions - a financial mechanism could be created to facilitate these transactions. For example, the creation of a Land Bank or to attract land banking investment funds, which would have the goal to improve the transaction system, develop financial tools necessary for increasing efficiency, improving financial structure.
Sistemul informaţional al cadastrului agricol în Republica Moldova
Condiţiile climaterice instabile caracteristice pentru Republica Moldova destabilizează piaţa produselor agricole. Acestea, dar şi alte particularităţi ale agriculturii contemporane, pun societatea noastră în faţa unei nevoi acute de informatizare, mai ales înceea ce-i priveşte pe producătorii agricoli(fermierii), dar şi autorităţile publice de toate nivelurile. Implementarea Sistemului Informaţional al cadastrului agricol, iniţiată cu succes în ţara noastră, este o soluţie fundamentală în acest sens.