Text 14 what does land cadastre consist OF.
The land cadastre consists of four parts: 1. land users’ registration; 2. the title of quantity and quality of land resources; 3. soil’s qualities assessment; 4. economic evaluation.
The land use planning agencies register the right on land parcels which are given to land users. The new land users are registered when decisions are taken by local authorities. All kinds of land uses must be registered in land-title books.
The land users are given land parcels for certain uses and for different needs. The lands are divided into agricultural and non-agricultural lands. The former are subdivided into pastures, grazing lands, grasslands and so on. The State land-title book is the only document for land registration.
Land evaluation consists of soil assessment and economic evaluation of land resources. The assessment of soils determines the natural fertility of land resources and capability for agricultural production.
Land inventory is a systematic survey of land capability of all regions. The boundaries of the survey embrace lands of many millions of square kilometers. Land inventory is also a means to control land users. Land use planners make analysis of uses, particularly the efficiency of agricultural production. The data of the land productivity are quite necessary to determine the rate of taxation and for proper land use management. The land users must know the land capability of all the lands which they operate.
Much is being done to carry out soil surveys.
For many years soil scientists and land use planners have been carrying out a program of classification and mapping the soils. There are now soil maps for almost all agricultural areas. These maps describe the quality of the soils and whether the soil is clay, silt, loam, sand or gravel. They indicate the soil’s fertility and agricultural capability.
TEXT 15 LAND RESOURCES AND THEIR ECONOMIC
EVALUATION
Land use planning calls for a more broad understanding of numerous factors that influence land uses. The planners have to consider and plan the economic returns. They must know all the factors that influence the proper, sound and wise land uses. They are to understand the response of land as the main factor of farm production to varying input combinations of capital and labor.
The great differences which exist in land productivity result in incomes. Through an objective comparative and economic assessment of land resources land use planners reveal the differences between land parcels.
Land economic evaluation serves as a basis for application of modern science and technology in farming.