Enhancement of Land Tenure Relations as a Factor of Sustainable Agricultural Development: Case of Stavropol Krai, Russia

Vladimir Trukhachev, Anna Ivolga () and Marina Lescheva
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Vladimir Trukhachev: Department of Entrepreneurship and International Economics, Stavropol State Agrarian University, 12, Zootekhnichesky Ave, 355017 Stavropol, Russia
Marina Lescheva: Department of Economic Analysis and Audit, Stavropol State Agrarian University, 12, Zootekhnichesky Ave, 355017 Stavropol, Russia

Sustainability, 2014, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to give an overview and analyze the contemporary land tenure relations in Russia in view of their influences on economic viability of agricultural production. The paper investigates progress made toward the development of agricultural land market in economies in transition. The research is made with emphasis on Stavropol Krai, agricultural region in the southern part of Russia. The authors retrospectively address land tenure relations in the region, analyze contemporary tendencies, and discover linkages between land tenure relations and sustainable agricultural development. The later concept is understood here as economic viability of agricultural production. The paper focuses on the potential approaches for resolving specific problem issues in the sphere of sustainable agricultural development through effective land tenure relations. The paper is concluded with the substantiation of methodology of land rent payment, the size of which is made conditional on land productivity and effectiveness of agricultural production.

Keywords: agricultural land; land tenure; land use; agricultural development; sustainability; land reform; land rent (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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