The Current Legal Challenges in Agricultural Irrigation in the Framework of the Modernisation of the Hungarian Agricultural Water Law

Szilágyi, János Ede (2025) The Current Legal Challenges in Agricultural Irrigation in the Framework of the Modernisation of the Hungarian Agricultural Water Law. In: Hominum Causa Omne Ius Constitutum Sit. Wydawnictwo Instytutu Wymiaru Sprawiedliwości, Warszawa, pp. 157-198. ISBN 9788367149716

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Abstract

The development of a new system of agricultural irrigation, including the relevant legal regulatory environment, has been a priority for the Hungarian government for more than ten years. Some of the measures taken in recent years may be informative and relevant for an international academic audience, and possibly even for legislators. With this in mind, those measures and developments are outlined in the sections below. In Section 1, we discuss the economic and environmental importance of the topic. In Section 2, agricultural water law is then presented as the most appropriate scientific framework for the legal aspects of agricultural irrigation. In Section 3, the concept of landscape-based water management is discussed in more detail, an ideal policy concept envisioned by Hungarian academics. It would be reasonable to approximate the legal environment of agricultural irrigation to that concept. In Section 4, a significant part of our study is devoted to a discussion of the Hungarian legal and regulatory environment, which has been continuously shaped and developed over the last decade. Finally, Section 5 highlights various elements and measures of Hungarian legislation that are recommended for consideration as good practice, while some issues are also outlined that may provide opportunities for further improvement.

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