Manuscript Information Authors

[1]	Alexander Sagaydak, Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, State University of Land Use Planning, Moscow, Russia.
[2]	Anna Sagaydak, Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, State University of Land Use Planning, Moscow, Russia.

Abstract

Development of Agricultural Land Market is unique in Russia as compared to other countries. The abolition of serfdom in 1861 and Stolypin’s Reform as well as subsequent development of Agricultural Land Market undermined the communal land system. The super goal of modern Russian Agrarian and Land Reform is to create the conditions and incentives to provide sustainable development of agricultural production and to solve the country's food problem. It should be noted that one of the specific objectives of the reform was the redistribution of land from collective to private farming in order to provide rational use and protection of lands in Russia. In Russia as in other countries of the world, the majority of private farms are family farms. We can treat family farm as an independent agricultural producer who deals with agricultural production and processing of agricultural raw material based on private ownership on land and capital as well as labor of family members. In 2001, the new Land Code was adopted. The Agricultural Land Market Act was introduced in 2003. The State Real Estate Cadastre was introduced in 2009. Now it is very important to register family farms as legal entities to give them the right to make Agricultural Market Transactions like purchase, sale and rent as well as mortgage of the land. In this sense, it is necessary to use modern technologies such as GIS-GPS and UAV for demarcation of family farms boundaries on the ground to stimulate development of Family Farming, Agricultural Land Market and Agricultural Land Consolidation in the Russian Federation. Development of Family Farming and Agricultural Land Consolidation in the Russian Federation is mostly depended on Regional Land Policies. The Republic of Kalmykia is located in the Southeastern edge of Europe and it is a part and a subject of the Russian Federation. In the Republic of Kalmykia we can observe a unique trend, which is in the increase in the number of private farms and in the increase in their average size. There was also a considerable increase in the Agricultural Land Market Transactions including Agricultural Land Mortgage Transactions over the last years in the region.

Keywords

Family Farming, Agricultural Land Consolidation, Russian Federation

Reference

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