Summary:

commercial family farms that are necessary for today’s Europe and a globalizing economy. To prevent such a situation, rural development projects and programmes are essential. Integrated rural development initiatives to enhance the quality of life must include improvements to agricultural production, employment, infrastructure, public facilities, housing and protection of natural resources. In order for such integrated rural development initiatives to increase the attractiveness of rural areas, they must be comprehensive, multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral. Land consolidation can be used here as an effective instrument to realize such plans and projects. The aim of this paper is to show the significance of lend consolidation in development of rural areas. The situation in rural areas is getting worse especially in the face of the access of our country to European structures. There is growing inequality between rural and urban areas. Much rural infrastructure has deteriorated considerably. Villages are becoming less attractive places in which to live. Schools and other rural public and cultural facilities are suffering from lack of attention. Rural roads are in poor condition, power and water systems are less reliable, and communication and media infrastructure is inadequate. There is high unemployment, and migration to urban areas is resulting in declining and ageing rural population. Agriculture has developed into dualistic structure of relatively small number of large-scale farms and a grate number of microfarms. There is an almost complete absence of competitive,