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Regional Workshop
on “Land Consolidation
and Territorial Organization”
Prague, Czech Republic
6-10 March 2005
The first stage of land reform
• the process of restitution of
agricultural land was completed in
2001
• at the end of 2002 the woodlands and
forests had been restituted
• the land parcels register (agricultural
land register) and a computerised
information system for graphical
display and register of agricultural land
and forestry regions have been done
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The second phase of the land reform, i.e.
the consolidation of land, has started
• Legislation was adopted allowing for
different possibilities to consolidate land
such as renting or leasing of agricultural
land in government property and exchange
of land;
• creating a legal basis defining the land
ownership bodies and extending the
competence and staff of the MAF.
• The increased number of transactions and
the slowly rising prices indicate that the land
market is gradually developing -also from
fairly low levels.
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Territory Distribution
0%
2%
Agricultural Land - 6 489 337 ha
1%
4%
Forests - 3 879 723 ha
Settlements - 440 657 ha
Water streams and water areas - 178 365 ha
35%
58%
Extarction of mineral resourses - 20 797 ha
Transopt needs - 64 794 ha
•
•
Land balance is prepared on the basis of digital land tenure data base for
total 4746 TBSs
Land balance will be prepared and published annually
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Ownership Distribution on land
State - 293 835 ha; properties - 124 805; average
size 6,7 ha
4,95%
16,82%
7,95%
Municipal - 471 792 ha; properties - 253 100;
average size 3,0 ha
Privite - 4 170 328 ha; properties - 7 632 084;
average size 0,55 ha
71%
Others - 998 230 ha; properties - 1 215 911;
average size 1,8 ha
Distribution of agricultural land
9%
Cultivated land - 4 831 522 ha; properties - 8 402
390
17%
Pasture, common land - 1 102 662 ha; properties 823 510
74%
Other agricultural teritories - 555 138 ha;
properties - 928 140
Existing problems:
–Land fragmentation » land
consolidation should start
–Bad land administration
–The land market is still not
developed
9Agricultural land mortgage is not
develop
–Insufficient financial support
9Low market prices of agricultural
products
9Low demand of agricultural
products
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STATUS OF LAND FRAGMENTATION
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As a result of the implementation of the
activities according to the Law on
Ownership and use of agricultural land, land
reallocation plans by Territories Belonging
to Settlements (TBSs) were drawn up and
came into force for the entire territory of
the country. There were established about
10 million land properties, belonging to
approximate 2 million owners, which means
that the average area of a property is about
0,6 ha, including perennial plantations,
meadows, and pastures.
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Regional Workshop on “Land Consolidation and Territorial Organization”
STATUS OF LAND MARKET
Agricultural land market
• 1998
The market exist in result of pursued
reform. Part of the owners are able to
manage their restored land. Exceptionally
poor and chaotic land market.
• 1999
Active supply, poor demand, big price
differences. Poor and unadjusted market.
• 2000/2001 Active land market at whole territory. The
price margin decreased.
• 2004
Dynamic land market. The land
transactions increased on purpose of land
consolidation.
LAND CONSOLIDATION IN BULGARIA
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Several acts dealing with farm land consolidation have
been passed in Bulgaria. The last one - Cadastre
and Land Consolidation Act was passed in 1941.
Land consolidation processes took place in a
number of farm land areas in the North-West part
of Bulgaria. After the cooperation, land
consolidation process was stopped. However, for
starting land consolidation now, after the restitution
of farm land and the supervening multiple land
divisions, it is necessary to execute land
consolidation within some pilot areas. This can be
considered as a first step for working out of
regulations and norms about future draft low on land
consolidation.
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Aims of pilot projects
• acquisition of practical experience;
• establishment of an appropriate for our conditions
technology;
• preparation of the normative framework;
• ensuring public support to the land consolidation and
analyze of public opinion;
• introduction of a modern system for use and protection
of farm land, by means of consolidated farming and
application of modern effective agricultural
technologies;
• incorporating deserted farm land;
• activation of agricultural land market;
• creation of an interest in investments in agriculture and
credit relief;
• creation of conditions for proper organisation of the
land use in farms;
• accounting and registration of farms.
• Full of data base necessary for creation of cadastral
map and property register.
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Rules for designing on land consolidation plans
• The existing ‘structure’ of the massifs will be
respected
• Total ‘value’ for each owner in LC plans must be
equal to the present total
• Consolidation of some parcels, owned by one owner
is more important than moving one parcel, owned by
other owner.
• First wish of an owner who wants to consolidate his
parcels in a massif, he is already in, is more
important than the first wish of an owner who wants
to consolidate his parcels in another massif (he
does not posses any parcel there)
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Criteria's for definition of TBSs
• Agreement from land owners, including the
municipality and the state, and users for
consolidation of agricultural land
• Available flat terrain
• If it is possible equally land category
• Not to have established irrigation systems or
cultivated land in whole TBS to be included into the
fund of irrigation area.
• Not to have stipulated establishment of linear
infrastructure objects in next 5 years
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Stages of Pilot Projects
1. Collection, actualization and analysis of the source
materials and data
2. Defining the final list of owners (participators) and
evaluation of their properties
3. Public hearing
4. Design (first draft plan, second draft plan and final
LC plan)
5. Setting out of property boundaries on the terrain
6. Registration of ownership
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Pilot land consolidation projects in Bulgaria
Two pilot land consolidation projects, covering five
TBSs allocated in different geographical regions with
specific agricultural characteristics.
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Key stakeholders
State Institutions
» MAF
» Ministry of Justice
» Cadastre Agency
Owners
Project Executors
- First Project - Cadastre International, The
Netherlands
- Second Project – Financed by WB; Executor
CMS Bruno Morel, France and “Geokonsult”
LTD, Bulgaria
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Management of projects
Managing committee
Central Working group
Local Working group
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“LAND CONSOLIDATION
BY AGREEMENT IN BULGARIA”
TBSs of Lomtzi (region Turgovishte) and Golesh (region Silistra)
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Results from Public Hearing
Lomtzi
Investigated owners
Number
of
owners
496
Golesh
Area
(ha)
Number
of
owners
1 669
158
Area
(ha)
1 152
Not Investigated
owners
233
543
337
918
Total
729
2 212
488
2 071
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Golesh: First analyze of the
owner’s wishes
Massive in which wishes for
land consolidation are
repeatedly more than
available area
1
3 2
4
9
7
6
15
24
22
area
Massive in which wishes
for land consolidation
coincide with available
16
13
12
121
28
17
19 14
18
20
73
26
31
32
2529
35
30 38
39
34
44
36
40
42 43 37
51
46
48
45
4749
50
area
Available area is more than
wished
54
33
53
58
55 57
69
6263 5665
67
70
60
66
71
68
61 72
52
11
10
8
Massive in which wishes
for land consolidation also
but less surpass available
Massive in which there
are no wishes for land
consolidation. On the
contrary, the owners want
to go out of them.
5
59
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Golesh: next analyze
1
3
2
4
5
9
7
8
6
15
24
22
area
Available area is more than
wished
Massive in which there
are no wishes for land
consolidation. On the
contrary, the owners want
to go out of them.
16
13
12
121
28
17
19
18
54
14
20
73
26
31
2
9
32
25
35
30 38
39
34
44
36
40
42 43 37
51
46
48
45
4 74 9
50
Massive in which wishes
for land consolidation
coincide with available
11
10
33
53
58
57
55
69
5
6
6 26 3
6
5
6
7
60
66
71
68
61 72
52
59
70
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Example
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Results from Designing in Golesh
First Draft Plan Second Draft Plan
Number of
owners
Agreement
Objection
Not participated
owners on Public
Hearing
Total
Area
(ha)
Number of
owners
Area (ha)
106
1035.4
118
1048.5
17
28.10
5
15.00
28
78.0
0
0
151
1141.5
123
1063.5
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Results from Designing in Golesh
Distribution of the
properties before first
draft plan
23%
Distribution of thr properties after
first draft plan
Owners with 1 property
94%
0%
Owners with 2 propeties
Owners with 3 propeties
29%
48%
0%
6%
0%
Owners with more than 3
propeties
Average size of property in Golesh
before first draft plan
after first draft plan
2, 66
1, 53
0
0,5
1
1,5
hectares
2
2,5
3
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Results from Designing in Lomtzi
Distribution of the properties
after first draft plan
Distribution of the
properties before first
draft plan
17%
26%
Owners with 1 property
18%
3%
1%
Owners with 2 propeties
Owners with 3 propeties
23%
78%
34%
Owners with more than 3
propeties
Average size of property in Lomtzi
before first draft plan
after first draft plan
2,2
1,27
0
0,5
1
1,5
2
2,5
hectares
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Land Consolidation in the part of
TBSs in Lomtzi
„ Not participated
owners on Public
Hearing;
1 2
2 4
3 1
3 2
3 7
3 6
3 5
4 7
5 3
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Wishes of the owners in these massive
„ Not presented Owners on
Public Hearing;
„ Owners with only one
property
„ Owners agree with small
changes on their properties
„ Owners with more than one
property
1 2
2 4
3 2
3 1
3 7
3 5
3 6
4 7
5 3
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Example for drawing in the part
of TBS in Lomtzi
6 1 5
1 2 7
5 2 2
4 0
0
0
6 4 8
4 0 1
0 6 4 3
5 04 9
3 8 9
3 1
5 8 0
5 8 0
3 8 9
3 7
0
0
2 6 8
5 8 0
0
7 2 2
0
60 0 8
0
2 9 4
5 8 0
4 0
5 8 0
0
3 8 9
2 9 4
0
3 6
7 2
0
4 8 9
0
3 8 9
4 6 1
0
5 0 0
8 5
5 8 0
2 1 4
0
4 7
2 3 7
0
5 0 0
0
0
0
5 3
5 8 0
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Why the project in Lomtzi
was discontinued?
• A lot of rent contracts
• Less State Land Fund
• One of land owners possesses more
than 120 ha. He wanted to consolidate
his land into the most attractive
massive. The rest owners didn’t agree.
• Different soil characteristics of the
land
“Consultation services for implementation
of pilot land consolidation project of
agricultural land”
TBSs of Abrit (region Dobritch), Hurletz (region Vraca) and Botevo (region Jambol)
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Results from Public Hearing
Hurletz
Number
Area
of
(ha)
owners
Botevo
Numbe
Area
r of
(ha)
owners
Abrit
Number
Area
of
(ha)
owners
Investigated owners
722
1810
920
1840
40
629
Not investigated
owners
502
1310
433
991
10
120
1224
3120
1353
2831
50
749
Total
Hurletz – Total number of investigated owners is 722 – 59 % of available
for an investigation with aria 1810 ha, which is 58 % from the area in
the regions for land consolidation.
Botevo - Total number of investigated owners is 920 – 68 % of available
for an investigation with aria 1840 ha, which is 65 % from the area in
the regions for land consolidation.
Abrit - Total number of investigated owners is 40 – 80 % of available for
an investigation with aria 629 ha, which is 84 % from the area in the
regions for land consolidation.
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Methods for land consolidation
in this project
• On the base of soil characteristics
• On the base of topography
• In combination
Finished stages:
1. Collection and analysis of the source
materials and data
2. Defining the final list of owners.
3. Public hearing
4. Defining the massive for land
consolidation
5. First draft plan
6. Public hearing and analyze
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Results from Designing
Hurletz
Agreement
O bjection
Not participated owners
on Public Hearing
O wners and users (Total)
Botevo
Abrit
331
31
360
188
2
730
30
2
8
722
920
40
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Results from Designing
Average number of properties per owner before First Draft Plan
Average number of properties per owner after First Draft Plan
3,15
Hurletz
2, 06
7, 00
Botevo
4, 00
5, 65
Abrit
2,00
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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Legislation initiative at Ministry of
Agriculture and Forestry
Due to the need of a legal basis for successful timely finalization
of the pilot projects for land consolidation, implemented under
the agreements with the Netherlands and the World Bank,
MAF initiated amendment of the Ownership and Use of
Agricultural Land Act, in order to introduce an easy procedure
for changing the map of restored ownership by means of
consolidation of land properties.
According to an agreement on owners of agricultural land with
notified legalized signatures the operated plan for land division
and the approved map of existing or restored on terrain old
real boundaries of agricultural land, as well as map of restored
ownership, may been changed for the establishment of
consolidate land properties…”
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MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
BULGARIA
Department “Land properties, registers and
information technologies”
M. Kasabov, Director
e-mail:[email protected]
Thank you very much for your attention !
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