inistry of Agriculture and Forestry of Bulgaria

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• ?inistry of Agriculture and Forestry of Bulgaria
• Management of Land Tenure and the State Land Fund
  Directorate
• Stoyanov, Kiril

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The history

• By 1900 to the fifties
• Many attempts, little number of positive results
  

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The researches

• A positive standpoint of the society is seen

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The present

• Agricultural territories are 4 817 430 ha
• The Meadows are 1 091 551 ha
• Average size of the Agro plots 0.6 ha
• The Average size of the meadow plot is
  1.3 ha
• The structure of the average agro enterprise
  shows use of agro-land of 1.4 ha.
• This applies to 648 274 agro-enterprises
• Just about 6950 agro-enterprises use 309 ha as
  average size of included in them agro-land

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The visions

• A. A global national strategy for land
  consolidation and land development in Bulgaria
• B. A Land consolidation act implementation

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• C. New structures will be established
• State owned Trade Company which includes in its
  capital lands from the State Land Fund
• A National Fund. The way in which the State could
  support a significant process.
• An Agency. It is a kind of administrative
  structure, a juridical person under the powers of
  the minister of the agriculture

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• D. The engagement in the land consolidation
  process of NGOs, farmers societies, municipality
  administrations, agricultural producers and
  manufacturers, eco-organizations, enterprisers.
• E. Most appropriate technical methods to be
  found, and education of sufficient stuff to be
  done.

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• The voting questions
• 1. Is it possible for a group of owners to
  consolidate without the support of the State?
• No
• Yes
• With limited support by the State
• With limited support by the State and NGOs
• 2. Should the land consolidation administration
  be centralized?
• No
• Yes
• It should be a State Agency
• It should be a State structure with land bank
  functions

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• 3. Should the land bank be separately established
  from the land consolidation administration?
• No
• Yes
• It should combine both of the activities
• They must be separated because of the flexibility
• 4. When the prices of the lands are very law, is
  it excusable the land consolidation on small
  territories.
• No
• Yes
• It should be done together with plan for all
  aspects developed
• It is excusable if the land consolidation is
  financed by the owners and the municipality

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• 5. Do you use State Land Fund and Municipality
  Land Fund in you projects
• No
• Insignificant percentage.
• We start a land consolidation only on
  territories where such fund exist
• We buy lands before we start the process
• 6. Do you engage NGOs in the projects
• a. No
• b. Insignificant percentage.
• c. Always along with representatives of the
  owners
• d. Yes, along with the State

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• 7. Which type of Land consolidation is the most
  practical and executable according to you?
• Voluntary
• Non-voluntary under some parameters and
  conditions
• With market methods and transactions with State
  and Municipality funds
• Between the owners on private principals

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