Changes in the structure of the regional agricultural production (South Bohemian region)

Abstract

The organic farming shows growth trend all over the world. It became an integral part of the agricultural production not only in the developed countries, but also in the so called Third World countries. In the latter countries, the organic farming develops mainly in connection with the fair trade projects. The share of the organic farming in the agricultural land is in many countries above 10%, including the Central and Eastern European countries. The Czech Republic actively supports the organic production. The share of the Czech organic farming in the agricultural land has overpassed 11.5%. The paper deals with organic production in the South Bohemian Region. The aim is to determine main changes in the structure of the organic production in the period 2008-2011, specifically in connection with the changes in the subsidy policy. The increase of individual organically farmed areas correlates positively with the increase of subsidies set up within the Programme of rural development [2007][2008][2009][2010][2011][2012][2013]. At the same time, it is obvious that those subsidies affect the diversity of the agricultural crops. Keywords: animal production, organic farming, plant production, policy of subsidies, South Bohemian Region. AbstraktEkologické zemědělství vykazuje celosvětově růstový trend. Stalo se organickou součástí agrární produkce nejenom ve vyspělých zemích, ale i v zemích tzv. třetího světa. Zde se pak rozvíjí hlavně ve spojení s projekty fair trade. Také EU podporuje tuto oblast alternativní agroenvironmentální produkce. V mnoha zemích se podíl ekologického zemědělství na zemědělské půdě pohybuje nad 10% a to včetně zemí bývalého východního bloku. ČR aktivně podporuje ekologickou produkci. Její podíl na zemědělské půdě již přesáhl 11,5 %. Předmětem výzkumu je bioprodukce v jihočeském regionu, cílem pak vymezení základních změn v její struktuře v období let 2008-2011, a to konkrétně ve vazbě na změny v dotační podpoře. Rozšíření jednotlivých ekologicky obhospodařovaných ploch pozitivně koreluje s navýšením dotací v rámci Programu rozvoje venkova 2007-2013. Zároveň současné dotace do EZ ovlivňují diverzitu zemědělských plodin.

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