Land Surveying Problems as an Obstacle to Land Share Consolidation and Farmer Subsidies
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https://doi.org/10.52575/2712-7443-2025-49-2-270-281Keywords:
land shares, land consolidation, demarcation of land plots, land configuration, Azerbaijan, land reform, sizes of land shares, land fragmentationAbstract
The article examines the problems of land surveying in Azerbaijan that arose from the allocation of land shares in kind. The essence of these problems lies in the discrepancy between the actual coordinate data of land plots on the ground and the data specified in the documents of title to these plots. The author stresses the need for an effective solution for two reasons. Firstly, all old-type documents of title to land shares have to be replaced with new ones by 2025. Without their replacement, farmers will not be able to receive land subsidies. Secondly, the time has come for a new stage of land reforms aimed at consolidating land shares throughout the country. The document replacement and land share consolidation are impossible without finding ways to solve the problems of land share surveying. The author details all the mistakes of previous land reforms in the country, offers effective measures to eliminate them and describes the sequence of actions necessary to complete the work.
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Zhou J.M. 1999. How to Carry Out Land Consolidation an International Comparison: EUI Working Paper ECO. Italy, Badia Fiesolana: European University Institute, 17 p.
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