Solving the problem of mountainous people lacking land for production

(Baonghean) - For many years now, in mountainous districts, people have been lacking land for production, due to lax land management. Since the change in management mechanism, farms, forestry farms, and Youth Volunteer Force units have been allocating forest land and orchards to workers' families on a long-term basis, but have not completed the procedures for transferring land use rights according to the provisions of the Land Law.

Forest land became the private property of workers’ families. Buying, selling, and transferring were not strictly managed, and many farm and forestry workers and Youth Volunteers members naturally became forest owners. Forest land allocation was also not strictly managed, and many people without household registration in the area were still allocated dozens of hectares of forest land for farming. Therefore, people in mountainous areas increasingly lacked land for production.

Due to lack of land for production, some ethnic minorities have returned to the practice of shifting cultivation and nomadic life, leading to social evils, making their lives even more backward. Lowland people go to the mountains to make a living, but without land for production, they cannot develop their economy. The State has many policies to support mountainous and highland areas to develop their economy and improve people's lives, but due to lack of land for production, the support sources are not effective. The new rural construction program in mountainous areas is difficult to meet the criteria if people do not have land for production and the government does not have land to build welfare facilities.

This is a very difficult and complicated problem, to solve it, there must be synchronous solutions. From the overall planning for socio-economic development of Western Nghe An, it is necessary to develop a long-term land use plan for each district, commune, and economic zone of the mountainous region; on that basis, there must be a land use plan for each farm, forestry farm, and Youth Volunteer Team. It is necessary to change the mechanism of allocating forest land and gardens to workers, forestry farms, and Youth Volunteer Team members in the direction of allocating long-term land use rights, to the right subjects, and according to the standards prescribed by the Land Law. Currently, most of the forest land area in Western Nghe An is managed by farms, forestry farms, and Youth Volunteer Teams, but the exploitation and use are ineffective and not commensurate with the potential.

It is necessary to conduct a general inventory of the land fund of each farm, forestry farm, and Youth Volunteer Force, on that basis, clearly define which subjects are granted the right to long-term land use with specific norms. Cases of land allocation to the wrong subjects, not in accordance with the planning, must be resolutely recovered and handed over to people who do not have land for production. The situation of mountainous people lacking land for production cannot be prolonged while farms, forestry farms, and Youth Volunteer Force exploit land funds ineffectively, and local authorities have not yet allocated land for production to people, which not only affects people's lives but also hinders the socio-economic development of Western Nghe An.

TRAN HONG CO