Land consolidation pilot project in Latvia reduces agricultural land fragmentation and transport costs.
Land consolidation aims to make farms more efficient by combining small land plots into larger ones. Fragmented land makes farming harder and increases costs. In Latvia, a new law emphasizes agricultural land consolidation. A pilot project in 2016 tested a method to assess land for consolidation. The goal was to see if this method could help exchange land parcels effectively. The study found that using a relative value assessment of agricultural land could be a useful tool for land consolidation projects.
