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   Structural Transformation of Small Farms in Moldova

   Implications for Poverty Reduction and Shared Prosperity

   Reports & Research

   Training Resources & Tools

   December, 2016

   Moldova, Europe, Central Asia

   Land & Food Security

   land reform

   rural population

   land rights

   land ownership

   farmers

   land distribution

   farmland

   food security

   transaction costs

   rural areas

   poverty

   rural development

   The agricultural and food production sector plays a key role in fighting poverty and food insecurity in Moldova, but is facing critical challenges to modernize and integrate into the international market. This paper focuses on smallholder farms, which make up 95 percent of all farms, and explores their potential for growth and the poverty links. Findings reveal that structural change is slow and smallholder farm growth in Moldova is an exception, not the rule.

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   The Dynamics of Vertical Coordination in Agrifood Chains in Eastern Europe and Centra Asia

   June, 2012

   Asia, Eastern Europe, Europe

   agriculture

   farmers

   land reform

   rural areas

   rural development

   A major problem in the Europe and
   Central Asia (ECA) agricultural sector and rural areas
   during the transition was the breakdown of the relationships
   of farms with input suppliers and output markets. The
   simultaneous privatization and restructuring of the farms
   and of the up- and downstream companies in the agrifood
   chain have caused major disruptions. The result is that many
   farms and rural households face serious constraints in
   

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   Land Reform and Farm Restructuring in Transition Countries : The Experience of Bulgaria, Moldova, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan

   Reports & Research

   May, 2007

   Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Moldova

   decentralization

   rural development

   land reform

   land distribution

   rural areas

   land ownership

   private ownership

   farmers

   rural population

   This paper presents such a stocktaking
   of land reform and farm restructuring in four countries
   (Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, and Moldova) that have
   had particular difficulties with land reform, farm
   restructuring, farm performance, or rural poverty. It is
   organized by case studies, each of which is designed to
   analyze a central conundrum about land reform and farm
   restructuring in an individual country. Much of the