Access to Land for agroecological way of farming - selected case studies in Europe

Adéla Stanislavová

Master's thesis

Abstract:

This thesis focuses on determining of the obstacles and constraints that potential new farmers face in Europe when trying to obtain access to land and starting a new agricultural business, particularly in France, Germany, Romania and the Czech Republic. Based on the literature review and analyzes of French, German and Romanian best practices of dealing with the issue of access to land, several suggestions and recommendations were provided for the Czech Republic, including a potential creation of an organization similar to those analyzed. The main obstacles for Czech farmers were recognized as following: an extreme ownership fragmentation, which do not allow to the owners of parcels to manage their land properly, a distinctly low awareness of the consumers about organic farming and last, but not least, a low economical viability of organic farms. Therefore the organization should pay attention to make land attractive and accessible, to raise the awareness about organic farming among consumers and to raise the economical profitability of organic farms.

Keywords

Land tenure security, land Grabbing, community supported agriculture, Eco Ruralis, Terre de Liens, Regionalwert AG

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 19. 4. 2016

Thesis defence

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

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Environmental Sciences

Master programme / field:
Landscape Engineering / Landscape Planning