In Blida, farmland issues are back in the spotlight with a major state land cleanup and regularization drive spanning 2023-2026. Led by the wilaya’s National Patrimony Directorate alongside the Agricultural Lands Office, the effort tackles longstanding murkiness and legal tangles in the sector.
It draws on a report from Blida’s wilaya People’s Assembly (APW) commission, unveiled at the first ordinary session of 2026. The document pegs total agricultural area at 66,280 hectares—41,674 hectares under cultivation, with 36,970 tied to concession contracts.
Over 12,000 farms are in the normalization pipeline, projecting 94% of total acreage cleared by end-2026, per the APW commission rapporteur’s update at the latest session. Challenges highlighted: farmers’ widespread legal knowledge gaps on rights and duties, plus hurdles consolidating fragmented small plots for viable economic management.
Post-Law 10-03, concession contracts surged, the commission noted. On converting usufruct rights to concessions under Law No. 310 of August 15, 2010: 1,870 agribusiness investors and 9,500 farmers enrolled. Of 9,393 applications, 8,990 concessions issued, spanning 38,175 hectares.
Among snags: 142 wilaya commission rejections; unfinished cadastral mapping in swaths of land; duplicate claims on dozens of plots; legacy issues from deceased original usufruct holders; and urban encroachment claims sans formal transfers. This sweeping push positions Blida for a thorough overhaul of ag land stewardship—merging legal security, economic punch, and farmland safeguards.