Znaczenie Agencji Nieruchomości Rolnych w obrocie ziemią rolną i kształtowaniu konkurencyjności polskiego rolnictwa
Importance of the Agricultural Property Agency in trading in agricultural property and shaping the competitiveness of Polish agriculture

Summary/Abstract: The Agricultural Property Agency pursues activities related to the management of state property,resulting from agricultural policy. Given the regulations of the Act on shaping the agricultural system,it is an institution which was assigned a leading role in trading in land and consequently in creating thedevelopment of agriculture. Therefore, the role of the Agency in the creation and functioning of theagricultural land market, in the improvement of agricultural structures, was examined. The analysiswas twofold and covered: the impact of the Agency’s activities on transformations of the area structureresulting from the development of State Treasury land and from the Act on shaping the agriculturalsystem. Conclusions were drawn based on the Agency’s activity reports and the literature. The resultsreveal the Agency’s positive contribution to the creation of the agricultural land market and the improvementof the area structure. This impact was noted in areas abundant in Treasury land. Pursuant to theAct on shaping the agricultural system, the Agency was authorised in 2003 to supervise private landtrading. State intervention restricts the freedom of private land trading, but gives the opportunity tointervene in land sales. The Agency may thus contribute to reducing agricultural development barriersalso in areas where state land is scarce and where farms’ area is highly fragmented. This contributionshould be deemed to be small so far. This is due to forms of transferring property rights, practical principlesfor enforcing statutory provisions.

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