Summary:

The article presents an analysis of land consolidation executed in three hi-storical peri-ods in Podkarpacie and consolidation propositions for the coming years. The conducted analysis shows that the execution of consolidation works is monopolized and thus inefficient. This state must be changed if we want to make full use of the EU funds directed to Podkarpacie. It also concerns ar-rangement and agricultural procedures allowing the improvement of the poor area structure in this province. Land consolidation is a very labour-consuming management and surveying operation which takes a lot of time per one consolidated object. The exi-sting backwardness, current needs due to huge fragmentation of ownership of private farms and bad area structure, as well as the construction of A4 motorway are the problems Podkarpacie faces. The currently available funds and a network of insti-tutions training land surveyors prepared to perform consolidation are factors giving hope that the situation can change. The only obstacle is the existing le-gislation, which does not admit private busi-ness entities to perform land consoli-dation. Only prompt rectification of the bad area structure of pri-vate farms gives a chance for the development of agricultural activity (farming, agrotourism) and improvement of the standard of life of the inhabitants of Podkarpacie countryside.