Dr Andrzej ZADURAAgricultural Property Agency

00-215 Warszawaul. Dolańskiego 2

POLAND

phone/fax: 0048 22 8606546/8606577e-mail: azadura@anr.gov.pl

ELO/EC/LLFOU International Workshop, LatviaRedundant Land for Agriculture

and Alternative Business SolutionLatvian Example

Problem of Marginal Land owned by State Treasury Polish Case

Polish Agriculture – As of 2003GDP Contribution; agriculture, hunting & forestry 3%Population – Rural Areas 38%Agricultural Employment 26%

Agricultural Area by Land TypeThousand hectares (ha)

Total 16 169in which: arable land 12 650

Agricultural Land Area by Legal StatuteThousand ha

Total 16 169in which: Individual (Family) Farms 14 012

Number of private farmsin thousand

1990 2 1381995 2 0482000 1 8812001 1 8822002 1 9522003 1 850

Average Farm Area in haTotal Agric. Land

1995 7.6 6.72000 8.0 7.22002 8.3 7.42003 8.2 7.4

Private Farms by Area GroupsAs of June 2003 - In percent

Total 100.0of which: 1.01 - 1.99 ha 25.8

2.00 - 4.99 33.05.00 - 9.99 22.110.00 – 14.99 9.215.00 - 19.99 4.220.00 - 49.99 4.750.00 & more 1.0

Polish State Farms - beginning 90-ties

- agricultural land - thousand ha 3 700 - state farms number 1 666- average area of state farm (ha) 2 200 - number of state farm workers 470 000

Agricultural Property Agency (APA)(Tasks and Obligations)

• farm structure improvement;• restructuring of state agricultural property;• sale/lease of real estate/other assets belonging to State;• administration/management of state agricultural property;• social assistance for former state farms’ workers/ their family members.

State Land - Agricultural Property Stock of the State Treasury (APS)

(end of 2005, thousand ha)

Land taken over into APS 4 711in which: land permanent distributed(sale, free of charge transfer) 1 916Land still in APS 2 795in which: leasing 2 208

short term contracts 141Land waiting for distribution (marginal land) 446

Marginal Land – Possible Distribution(Thousand ha)

• Sale/Leasing as agricultural land 223 • Afforestation, Recreation, Industrial Use 112 • Lying fallow 53• Land with bad water conditions, stones,

placed on slopes and crags 58

Poland – Prices of Land - Average(PLN/EUR per ha)

Year Private Market* State Market**

2003 5 753/1 220 3 736/790

2005 (IInd quarter) 8 403/2 080 5 201/1 290

* arable **agricultural land

Afforestation of Marginal LandDelivery to State Forest Organization

Years Thousand ha

1992 – 2005 1402005 – 2020 40

Afforestation – Program for Unemployed Workers of Former State Farms

Criteria of Application;- 5 years of Work in State Farm,--No right to Unemployment Benefit

Results Project Implemented in 2004 -2005

Number of Application 592Number of Contract Signed 64Area of land within contracts 121 ha

Renowable Energy – Strategy of Development

Year In Total - %

2005 3.02010 7.52020 14.0

Management of Marginal Land(Thousand ha)

Total Area of ML 446

Possible Distribution:Sale/Lease on agric. Purposes 223Afforestation by SFO (up to 2020) 40Recreation, Industrial Use, Afforestationby other Organizations, Biomass/BiofuelProduction 72Temporary Lying Fallow 53Soils with bad water relations, stoned,placed on slopes and crags 58