Local administration of agricultural areas, 2005

This is the lowest registered area of arable land transferred since 1980. The government has declared a national goal for 50 per cent reduction of agricultural land transferred to non-agricultural use by 2010. In the period 1994-2003 there was a yearly transferring of productive land to non-agricultural use of 13 360 decares. As from 2005, the reporting system is simplified, and the detailed governmental administrative data system is replaced by a questionnaire through the municipality state reporting system named KOSTRA.

In addition to report land transferred to various types of non-agricultural use, the questionnaire also considers decisions taken about land reclamation, splitting of agricultural property and application for concession to buy a farm.

Tables:

• Table 1 Agricultural area transferred to non-agricultural uses under the provision of the Land Act and The Planning and Building Act by county
• Table 2 Land reclamation, by county. 2005
• Table 3 Applications for exemption from the obligation in the Concession Act and the Allodial Act, by county. 2005