Condition and prospects of the household plot's land usage

Issue № 11, 2018, article № 5, pages 36-50

Section: Managing forms in market economy

Language: Russian

Original language title: СОСТОЯНИЕ И ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ ЗЕМЛЕПОЛЬЗОВАНИЯ ЛИЧНЫХ ПОДСОБНЫХ ХОЗЯЙСТВ

Keywords: HOUSEHOLD PLOT, RESIDENT’S HOUSEHOLDS, HOUSEHOLD PLOT LAND USAGE, UNUSED AGRICULTURAL LAND, FALLOW LAND, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN RESIDENT’S HOUSEHOLDS, DEMOGRAPHY OF HOUSEHOLD PLOTS, DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS OF HOUSEHOLD PLOTS

Abstract: The paper depicts a history of household plots origination, contains analysis of theirs land usage contemporary state and defines their development prospects. Being unique form of farm for former USSR countries, household plots originates during the period of massive collectivization as a trade-off for the property taken away from farmers. The recent land reform conserved this form of land use and present day household plots take an important part in agricultural production of Russian Federation. Having high social value for residents and being the source of most of the produced livestock products and crops (especially vegetables and potatoes), overall production in the household during past 10 years continuously was reducing. Total area of abandoned households and fallow land is growing; cultivated area and livestock are decreasing. But household plots and other individual households with an area of more than 2.5 hectares have an opposite trend. Despite that having that high area is formally illegal, the number of such households and their total area keep on growing. In order to maintain viability of legal household plots and to apply land management on them authors suggest the most necessary measures of governmental support and intervention.

Authors: Polunin Gennadii Andreevich, Alakoz Valerii Vladimirovich, CHerkashin Kirill Igorevich