Gospodarowanie Zasobem Własności Rolnej Skarbu Państwa i stan realizacji ustawy o kształtowaniu ustroju rolnego

Abstract

The Authors attemp to evaluate the Agricultural Property Agency’s (APA) operations to date regarding the implementation of its statutory tasks, disposal of agricultural real estate and the implementation of tasks related with the formation of the agricultural system. From the very beginning of APA’s operation, 3.3 million hectares of land have been permanently allocated, of which 2.7 million hectares through sales, which was the predominant form of the real estate transfer. The infrastructure of the former state-owned farms taken over by the Agency was also subject to privatization. At present, after the legislative amendments (the Act of 2016) long-term lease is the leading form of agricultural land disposal, which enables the land cultivation without engaging funds. Recently, the trend of reducing the area granted for lease has been stopped by leasing available land and limiting the sales of land, the area of which exceeds 2 ha. The following analysis was based on the data included in the APA reports, internal studies and available literature. The results presented prove the Agency’s huge involvement in the process of privatisation of agricultural property. They are also a reflection of other processes which involve stateowned real estate and the private market.