Abstract
Abstract During last two decades Czech agriculture has gone through significant changes: the transition of agriculture in the 1990s and the entrance of the Czech Republic into the EU and its commitment to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Both of these changes contributed to the structural and regional differentiation of Czech agriculture and exposed it to competition with the whole of Europe. Furthermore, CAP exposed Czech agriculture to uneven conditions for farmers within the EU. The most significant results of these changes have been a decrease in the agricultural sector output, a reduction in farm animals bred, and shrinkage of arable land. On the other hand, many non-productive and non-agricultural activities in the rural areas are subsidised, which offers farmers new possibilities of development. The aim of this paper is to analyse the structural and spatial change in Czech agriculture between 2000 and 2010 on the basis of Agrocenzus data supplemented by opinions of farmers gained in a series of interviews.
Highlights
The changing character of rural areas, changes within agriculture, and a weakening relationship between rural areas and agriculture have been explained for the past twenty years by a number of geographers as a transition from productivism to post-productivism
During last two decades Czech agriculture has gone through significant changes: the transition of agriculture in the 1990s and the entrance of the Czech Republic into the EU and its commitment to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
The change in European rural areas and agriculture over the last thirty years has been examined by several Anglo-Saxon authors, who describe it as a transition from an era of productivism to the era of post-productivism (Ilbery, Bowler 1998)
Summary
The changing character of rural areas, changes within agriculture, and a weakening relationship between rural areas and agriculture have been explained for the past twenty years by a number of geographers as a transition from productivism to post-productivism. The change in European rural areas and agriculture over the last thirty years has been examined by several Anglo-Saxon authors, who describe it as a transition from an era of productivism to the era of post-productivism (Ilbery, Bowler 1998). Some authors speak about a transition to a multifunctional regime of agriculture and rural areas, which would better reflect the currently observed changes. The gist of these discussions is multifunctionality. We can say that the production function of rural areas is being overshadowed by recreational and residential functions This drives further change when a previously dominant agricultural sector is increasingly replaced by industry and services
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