Review article
Changes in Dalmatian Agriculture and Villages in the Last 100 Years
Josip DEFILIPPIS
Abstract
In the first one hundred years Dalmatian agriculture went
through three crucial periods. The first, at the end of the
19th century, was characterised by a rapid growth of
viticulture followed by a great decline at the beginning of the
20th century which caused a large economic crisis, poverty
and mass emigration. The second period stretches
throughout the second half of the 20th century and is
marked by the country's industrialisation, the socialist concept
of agricultural development and a sharp fall of agricultural
population and exodus from rural areas. The characteristic
of the third period is the adoption of the liberal concept of
development in which family farming is predominant.
Renewal of olive cultivation has advanced considerably since
the eighties initiated by the UNDP project and new vineyards
are being planted. This creative boost is still present today.
Each of these periods had a special influence on the
development of the rural villages.
Keywords
village; agriculture; Dalmatia
Hrčak ID:
18352
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2006.
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