The agricultural land sale program continues

By: STA Date: 2023. 05. 19. 09:30

New state plots of land, this time parcels of land exceeding 10 hectares in size, may go to farmers. With the measure, the Ministry of Agriculture supports small and medium-sized farms and local producers.

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The coronavirus epidemic, the Russian-Ukrainian war and the erroneous Brussels sanctions have highlighted the fact that food supply is a strategic issue, one of the bases of which is agricultural land. Despite the challenges facing Hungarian agriculture, thanks to the dedicated work and diligence of farmers, safe food is always on the table of Hungarian families. Therefore, the Ministry of Agriculture supports the activities of the actors of the sector with all possible means, one of the basic means of which is the development of property policy measures that take into account the needs of farmers.

As part of the auctions, around 22,000 hectares of state land will be announced in several stages

In the first phase, more than 12,000 hectares of mainly arable, meadow and pasture land plots are offered for purchase. The posting of auction notices will be available on the NFK website from Friday. The announcements provide precise information on the dates and locations of the auctions. The auctions will take place between June 22, 2023 and July 14, 2023. As a contributor to the NFK, the auctions are conducted by the capital and county government offices in the presence of NFK representatives and notaries. The data of the properties designated for auction, as well as the auction notice containing the registration and the date and place of the auction, are posted in the county and district office premises of the Government Offices, as well as at the locations of the auctions, and are also published on the website of the Government Offices and in county/local press products.

Some rules have changed

In order to conduct the auction process quickly and efficiently, and for the sake of transparency, the parcels of land belonging to the National Land Fund with the amendment of the government decree on the detailed rules of its utilization, which entered into force on May 15, 2023, certain detailed rules of the auction procedure were changed, which require special attention on the part of farmers who wish to participate in the auctions or exercise the right of pre-emption. Lists of land to be sold and sales announcements are available on the website of the National Land Center (https://nfk.gov.hu/).