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THE AGRICULTURAL NONAGRICULTURISTS
Stipe Šuvar
Sažetak
This article is an attempt to give a more detailed analysis of the agrarian and
social structure on the territory of former district of Makarska (now this territory
belongs to the district of Split that covers the whole Dalmatia). In 1961, 97.197
inhabitants lived on the territory of former District of Makarska; 86.636 of that
number lived on their farms but only 60.375 depended on their gainings from
agriculture. The rest were employed in nonagricultural activities, invalids and pensioners.
This territory is mountainous and rocky partially stretching along the seaside.
All branches of economy are undeveloped and there is no larger towns (there are
four towns with the population between 3 and 5 thousand). The national income
per capita amounted to 54.200 dinars in 1960. Holdings are very small. On an average
on each holding comes 0,71 ha of arrable land in parcels of 150 m2. Peasants are
engaged by work on their farms only 130 days a year, the rest looking for employment.
The actual surplus of agricultural population, amounts to more than 5096
at the present very low degree of productivity. Because of the lack of arrable
land there are no possibilities for organizing social sector of agriculture except
on the area in the valley of river Neretva that needs melioration.
Though the peasants can not provide enough food by their own agricultural
production the standard of living is not low nowdays. Sources of income are in
permanent, temporal or now-and-then employment in nonagricultural activities, less
within the boundary of the District more outside. Tourizam represents the important
source of extra earnings especially during the summer season. The pecuniary
aid received by relatives who migrated in other regions of the country should not
be disregarded either. Therefore it would be quite incorrect to judge the standard
of living of this population by the figure of national income per capita. This can
be corroborated by the fact that every inhabitant spent 51.950 dinars on an average,
in retail shopping in 1960.
Concerning the standard of living author noted the figure of 80% of all housholds
having electricity and many using modern electrical appliances in their
homes. Majority of the younger generation go to schools. A good deal of the population
have migrated (from 1921 to 1961 the District left 4/5 of the population
natural increase).
The author ends his article with the following consideration: »The agricultural
nonagriculturists — so we could name the whole population of the undeveloped
areas have all formal characteristics of the private owner and producer in
agriculture but actually exsist as a transitory category getting influenced stronger
and stronger by the general progress of the socialistic society«.
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Hrčak ID:
120971
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Datum izdavanja:
17.7.1963.
Posjeta: 1.247 *