The article examines the key features of the current mechanism for involving abandoned agricultural land in turnover, including taking into account the experience of implementing the relevant State Program. An assessment of this mechanism and the specifics of its formation is given, and it is proposed to supplement it with tax regulators. It is pointed out that there is insufficient land management support for both measures under the State Program and the allocation of unclaimed land shares to the plots transferred to the municipalities. In order to speed up the work on the redevelopment of abandoned lands, it is proposed to allow only such agricultural organizations and farmers who are already engaged in agricultural production to bid on them, and it is also inappropriate to apply general requirements for limiting land concentration to the relevant lots. The expediency of conducting land management inventories is indicated – this is the most reliable and objective way to identify abandoned land. An assessment was given of the introduction of a "second key" (federal) in the preparation of regional decisions on the transfer of agricultural land to other target categories, and the need for early completion of the coordination and adoption of a new version of the Law on Land use planning was noted, and a number of its substantive provisions were proposed.