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A new property regime in Kyrgyzstan; an investigation into the links between
land reform, food security, and economic development
Dekker, H.A.L.
Publication date
2001
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Dekker, H. A. L. (2001). A new property regime in Kyrgyzstan; an investigation into the links
between land reform, food security, and economic development. VIATECH.
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GLOSSARY Y
(partlyy based on Bruce [11]) Accesss to land Accesss to food Architecture e Associationss of registeredd peasant17 BTI I Bundlee of rights Cadastre e Commandd economy Commonn property Commons s Communall property Deedss registration Foodd security GosRegister r Immovablee property Importedd tenure system Individuall property
Thee ability to use (landed) property
Thee ability to acquire available food from earnings and transfers Officess of the State Committee on Architecture and Construction (Gosstroi),, a government agency for city and regional planning. It registerss urban owners and users of immovable property and reportss this information to the rayon tax office.
AA category of farming enterprises devised to cope with the fact farmss that peasant farmers often worked cooperatively.(and typically
underr old management structures)
Bureauu of Technical Inventory concentrates all information on immovablee property (construction plans of houses, apartments, etc.)) in urban areas.
Thee several rights that constitute a tenure; alternatively, all the rightss belonging to various persons or groups in a piece of property. .
AA system of recording different forms of land tenure such as ownership,, leasehold, easements, mortgages and different types off common, communal or customary land tenure.
Ann economy in which not prices but (governmental) commands andd directives determine production
AA commons from which a community can exclude non-members andd over which the community controls use.
Landd or another natural resource used simultaneously or serially byy the members of a community
Seee common property
AA registration of deeds on property
Sustainedd and assured access by all social groups and individualss to food adequate in quantity and quality to meet nutritionall needs - to live an active and healthy life (This definitionn used by FAO and UN does not mention two other importantt determinants of food security: Availability and Utilization,, see paragraph 2.3.2)
Institutee created to develop and implement a new unified system off Land Registration in the Kyrgyz Republic, as a result of the Novemberr 1998 Law on State Registration of Rights to Immovablee Property.
Propertyy in land and attachments (European Civil Law) Tenuree system copied from another country
Propertyy held by a natural person or legal entity
Notee that 'peasant' in this context does not have the connotation of 'backward' or subsistence'. It is usedd for individually operated farms as the result of poor translations and censorship. (See page 7)
Inheritablee use rights Institutions s Land d Landd Administration Landd Certificate Landd reform Landd share Landd survey Landd tenure
Landd tenure security
Landd tenure system Landedd property Livelihood d Mortgage e
Opportunityy set
Parcel l
Systemm of tenure under which use rights pass from a deceased ownerr to his or her heirs
Thee established rules and customary relationships of a social organization n
Anyy part of the earth's surface which can be owned as property, andd everything annexed to it, whether by nature or by hand of man.. (In legal terms also a thin layer of earth beneath the surfacee and a certain layer of 'air' above this surface is consideredd property and the rights to land can be executed as thee same rights in those layers)
AA rayon level office organization of the State Institute for Land Resourcess and Land Management (Kyrgyzgiprozem). Compiles annuall inventories of land resources with detailed data on land holdingss and agricultural land users. (Also called offices of Land managementt or offices of Land Engineering).
AA formal document and proof of land tenure issued a by rural committeee showing the size of each individual and family land sharee and the initial cost of the land in soms. (The certificate mustt be registered in the land cadastre of the rayon land managementt office to become valid)
Thee attempt to change the land tenure (and often improve the distributionn among right holders to support a certain goal)
Ann individual property share in rural property of a former state or collectivee farm, prorated according to the labor contribution of the individuall on the farm
Determiningg the boundaries of rights to land and fixing the locationn of a parcel of land
Shortly:: Right(s) in land. Formally: The institutional arrangement off rules, principles, procedures, and practices, whereby a society definess control over, access to, management of, exploitation of, andd use of means of existence and production.
Tenuree perceived as held without risk of loss except for customaryy rulings or formalized expropriation with fair compen-sation n
Alll the tenure types provided for by a statutory or customary (legal)) system, taken together.
Propertyy rights of land held under ownership rights
Adequatee stocks and flows of food and cash to meet basic needs AA contract by which a borrower commits land as security for a loan n
Ann individual's physical and emotional capacities plus legal or customaryy understandings of potential options that are conditionedd by actual choices of others
Peasantt Farm Personall property Plann economy Privatee property Property y Propertyy regime Publicc property Reall property Regime e Sporadicc registration Sustainability y Systematicc registration Tenure e Titlee registration Ugodia a
Ann independent farming complex operated by a single family or operatedd by more than a single family in which case family members,, relatives, and other individuals can jointly run the farmingg unit (Art. 2 of the Law of Peasant Farms of the Kyrgyz Republic) )
Propertyy other than real property (Anglo-American usage)
Ann economy in which the production is determined by central planning.. Usually referred to as a central plan economy because generallyy the state determines an annual national economic plan. .
Propertyy held by natural or legal private persons
AA set of rights and responsibilities concerning a thing, often statedd as rights in a thing, to show they are rights against everyone. .
AA complex of rules, principles, and procedures that regulates legitimatee control over, access to, and conditions of use of, meanss of existence and production
Propertyy held by any level of government
Propertyy in land and attachments (Anglo-American usage) AA complex of rules, principles and procedures that regulates legitimatee control over, access to, and conditions of use of things Registrationn of property separately from others in the area, voluntarilyy and generally at the expense of the owner of rights to thee property.
Thee maintenance or enhancement of resource productivity on a long-termm basis.
Registrationn of all property in an area at the same time, usually compulsoryy and without charge to the owners of rights to the property y
Shortly:: Right(s) in a thing; Formally: The institutional arrangementt of rules, principles, procedures, and practices, wherebyy a society defines control over, access to, management of,, and use, of a thing.
AA land registration system that confers a guarantee of the title by thee registration authority
Rurall land specifically designated for agricultural production and initiallyy subject to a different tenure system in Kyrgyzstan
Notee that 'peasant' in this context does not have the connotation of 'backward' or 'subsistence'. It is usedd for individually operated farms as the result of poor translations and censorship. (See page 7)
