Well-functioning agricultural land markets are a precondition for agricultural and rural development in general. However, agricultural land markets remain weak and still face many constraints in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. By applying a conceptual framework for agricultural land market development in five stages, the paper assesses the current development stage of land markets in countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia and discusses the main constraints including informalities, absent owners, technical errors and complicated and costly land transaction procedures. Most of the countries have farm structures characterized by excessive land fragmentation and small average farm sizes. The need for coherent national land policies is argued. Furthermore, land management instruments such as land consolidation and land banking in addition to facilitating agricultural and rural development also contribute to land market development.

运作良好的农业土地市场是农业和农村总体发展的先决条件。然而，东欧和中亚的农地市场依然疲软，仍面临诸多制约因素。通过应用农地市场发展的五个阶段的概念框架，本文评估了东欧和中亚国家土地市场的当前发展阶段，并讨论了主要制约因素，包括非正规性、所有者缺席、技术错误以及复杂和昂贵的土地。交易程序。大多数国家的农场结构以过度土地分割和平均农场规模较小。有人认为需要协调一致的国家土地政策。此外，土地整合和土地储备等土地管理工具除了促进农业和农村发展外，也有助于土地市场的发展。