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72J. Alvincz – K. Kacz – J. P. Koltai:Table 1. Summarized data of compensation (July 2004)NameI. (corporate) II. (state) CompensationCompensation land basetotalGiven into ownership– area (hectares) 1,975,458 165,987 2,141,445– ratio of the area (%) 92.3 7.7 100.0– Golden Crowns (GC) 37,496,169 1,759,767 39,255,936– land fragments– number total (piece) 852,754 207,395 1,060,149– average area (hectares) 2.3 0.8 2.0– average GC value (GC/hectares) 44.0 8.5 37.0Persons gained ownership (head) 612,010 147,777 759,787Per owner– land fragment (piece) 1.4 1.4 1.4– area (hectares) 3.2 1.1 2.8– GC value (GC) 61.3 11.9 51.7Number of auctions total (piece) 21,345 5,412 26,757Source: Calculation made on the basis of MARD Main Department for Land and Geographical Information Systems dataThe characteristics of economic organizations are that parallel to the decline of their averageland size their number grows slightly, whereas considering the private farms, theirnumber declines, their average size grows slightly. The concentration of land use sloweddown in the previous years, fewer farms used in average a little bigger land, while thenumber of users with 50 hectares and more has moderately increased. It is particularly apositive tendency considering the private farms, beside the general lay-offs, not only theratio, but the number of farms bigger than 50 hectares increases.Notwithstanding it is important to note, that in Hungary farming units with more than100 ha make up approximately 1% of the agricultural organisations, though they utilizealmost 70% of the agricultural area. These rates are in case of the EU-15 more favourable,in former order 3 and 40 percent. (Fuchs2002) The concentration process – whichaffects both the circle of agricultural farms and farmers, and in a smaller amount the landownership and land use – matches the earlier agricultural characteristics of our Westernneighbouring countries elementarily.Concerning the official land use records at the registry of title deeds private persons farmon an average 9 ha while the economic organization on an average of 300 ha (with exeptionsof areas smaller than 1 ha and forests). (Nagy2008) The land use records have beenused since January 1 2000 and have been declared as official since December 31 2007. Itwill surely play an important role in a future general land consolidation process.The listed data clearly underline the necessity of land consolidation. The valid, severaltimes modified Act LV of 1994 on Arable Land (Land Act) Sections 26–35 deal with thevoluntary exchange of lands. It has to seen that this process cannot pass without state assistance– political will – and the contribution of the Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment (MARD). (Alvincz2008b)