Land Tenure Security and Access to Land - The comparative study in France and in the Czech Republic

Klára Janoušková

Master's thesis

Abstract:

This thesis focuses on access to land situation in France and in the Czech Republic. The main aim is to create the recommendations for Czech Republic in order to develop A2L organisation to help small farmers with access to agricultural land and enter the agricultural business. The guidelines for functioning of the organisation are based on a case study of successful French access to land (A2L) organisation Terre de Liens and in-depth analysis of land tenure security and farm structure in France as well as in the Czech Republic. The main obstacle for the new entrants to agricultural business in the Czech Republic is an extreme ownership fragmentation causing high rental rate and supporting existence of large industrial farms. The newly proposed organisation helps the small scale farms to start their agricultural business and overcome the obstacles that they are facing. The goal of the organisation is achieved by several activities. Firstly, it serves as source of information for the farmers, as well as for the population to raise awareness about sustainable agriculture. Secondly, it helps directly to the farmers to access the land and assist when setting up their farm.

Keywords

access to land, land tenure, Terre de Liens

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 15. 12. 2016

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedúci: Ing. Vratislava Janovská, Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Environmental Sciences

Master programme / odbor:
Landscape Engineering / Landscape Planning