Valuation of Agricultural Land Fragmentation

摘要

Land fragmentation of the agricultural holdings in the Republic of Croatia and their small average size are one of the limiting factors for the sustainability of family farms and the development of Croatian agriculture. Considering the present situation, implementation of rural development policy in the entire rural area of Croatia is a recognized need, and necessary land policy measures were made. This work includes a review and evaluation of the literature on the methods and techniques for determining the degree of land fragmentation, and an overview of indexes used for determination of the land fragmentation. Relevant statistics considering average householding size for the EU and for Croatia are presented. The degree of land fragmentation of the agricultural holdings is determined for the test area of one cadastral municipality, applying the spatial data analysis and the resulting data is presented.