Law No. 50-1 on peasant associations.

Subject

Agricultural & rural development, Land & soil

Keyword

Cooperative/producer organization Agricultural commodities Agricultural land Smallholders/peasants Land tenure Public land Lease Ownership

Geographical area

Asia, Caspian Sea, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia

Entry into force notes

The Law enters into force from the date of its official publication.

Abstract

The present Law determines economic, legal and social basis of the organization and functioning of peasant associations. Peasant association is and autonomous economic entity with the status of legal person set up on voluntary basis by persons engaged in agricultural production. Peasant associations can be set up as state, cooperative, mixed and other forms of property (art. 1). The main tasks of peasant associations are: 1) production, processing, procurement and trade of agricultural commodities; 2) execution of state order regarding the main types of commodities on contractual basis; 3) extensive reproduction on the basis of the rational use of allotted land and other natural resources (art. 2). Plots of virgin and nonutilizable land can be allotted to the former members of peasant associations at their request upon cessation of their membership at the peasant associations (art. 3). Public land shall be transferred to peasant associations on lease and shall be indivisible. Peasant associations shall be granted the right of redemption of land granted on condition of long-term lease as the production extends and the profit increases (art. 5). Peasant associations shall be liable for the damage caused by irrational land tenure and management of other natural resources, environmental pollution and the infringement of other regulations in conformity with the national legislation (art. 18). The Law consists of 5 Sections composed of 19 articles.

Full text

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References - Legislation

Amended by

Law amending Law No. 50-1 on peasant associations.

Legislation | Turkmenistan | 2014

Keyword: Cooperative/producer organization, Agricultural commodities, Agricultural land, Smallholders/peasants, Land tenure, Public land, Lease, Ownership

Source: FAO, FAOLEX