Land consolidation Kosovo – Constrains and difficulties
Pranvera Alshiqi Maloku
The Republic of Kosovo is a small country in the Southeastern Europe, with an entire territory of 10. 908 km2. As such, it faces a complex situation pertaining to the land administration and ownership matters in general. Aside from a solid legal framework, land fragmentation proves to be the major obstacle when it comes to the land use versus spatial planning policies in place. Subsequently, there is a polarized agricultural sector with few large holdings and a large sector of small holdings. The structure of size distribution is illustrated by about 80% of the number of farms being less than 4 ha and fragmented. Only 0,6% of farms are more than 10 ha. To this can be added that the process of subdivision at inheritance is ongoing. The Government of Kosovo has continuously promoted various Land Consolidation Strategies aiming at improving land management throughout “restructuring” the physical potential in the agricultural sector respectively increasing the existing farm sizes.
Event: Land Governance in an Interconnected World_Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty_2018
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