The method of withdrawal of unused agricultural land plots from the owners

Higher School of Economics, Department of Theory of Law and Interdisciplinary Legal Disciplines, Faculty of Law, Moscow, Russia

¹ Corresponding author: epozdnyakova@hse.ru

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to identify the problems of withdrawal of unused agricultural land plots from the owners and to determine the ways to solve them. The methodological basis of the research is the analysis of regulatory legal documents, statistical data, scientific publications, as well as deduction and synthesis. The application of these methods made it possible to characterize the mechanism of withdrawal of unused agricultural land plots from the owners and to identify problems in this area; to propose measures for elimination of the identified problems. The study resulted in the following provisions: there is no consensus in the scientific community on the advisability of withdrawing unused agricultural land plots, since countries that effectively use agricultural land are developing in terms of quality, thereby emphasizing the absence of the need to increase the area; the solution of food security problem by involving unused agricultural land plots in circulation is currently acceptable for Russia, since the country currently have no mechanism for replacement of the number of areas with production intensification. The novelty of the research lies in identification of the problem of unused land trading in the absence of those wishing to purchase it. Moreover, the author’s approach to solving the issue of economy efficiency improvement includes the involvement of such land plots in circulation by expanding the methods used, in particular, the tools of economic and imperative methods.