Dissertation for obtaining the scientific degree of candidate of economic sciences, specialty 08.07.02 - economics of agriculture and agro-industrial complex. – NSC "Institute of Agrarian Economics" of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kyiv, 2005. The dissertation is devoted to researching the problems of development of leased land relations in agriculture. Features of land lease in market-type agricultural formations are highlighted. The advantages, disadvantages, reasons and factors influencing its development are determined. Structural changes in forms of land ownership are analyzed. Directions for improving leased land relations have been developed. Ways to optimize the terms of lease agreements are proposed. Methodical approaches to the introduction of the mechanism of pledge of land lease rights and the need for its legislative regulation are substantiated.