Systems of farming and rural landscape in the Czech Republic

• Main Authors: Moudry, J., University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice (Czech Republic), Konvalina, P., University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice (Czech Republic)
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Jelgava (Latvia) Latvia University of Agriculture 2007
• Subjects: AGRICULTURA ORGANICA; AGRICULTURE BIOLOGIQUE; CZECH REPUBLIC; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_12103; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_15911; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_33095; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_4185; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_5976; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_6513; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_6699; INVESTIGACION; LANDSCAPE; LATVIA; LETONIA; LETTONIE; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; PAISAJE; PAYSAGE; PLANT PRODUCTION; PRODUCCION VEGETAL; PRODUCTION VEGETALE; RECHERCHE; REPUBLICA CHECA; REPUBLIQUE TCHEQUE; RURAL AREAS; ZONAS RURALES; ZONE RURALE

Agriculture of the Czech Republic has features of submonate and montane agriculture. More than half of the surface of the Czech Republic is less favourable areas (LFA). Organic farming is carried out on the area of 6% of the surface of arable land. The contemporary state of farming has been evaluated and organic and conventional farming systems have been compared in the framework of the analysis of structure of farming in the Czech Republic. The selective group of 437 associations, consisting of 3 subgroups, is divided into several categories according to the farming method and altitude. Parameters of plant and animal production and use of the agro-environmental programmes and measures are evaluated. The evaluation of the structure of farming permits to find optimal possibilities for future development of conventional and organic farming in the Czech Republic and for arrangements of the settings of grants and subsidies.