Sociology and Space, No. 115-116, 1992.
Conference paper
Agrarian structure as a factor in the development of Croatian agriculture
Tomislav Budin
Abstract
For many years the condition and factors
for the development of the agrarian
structure have been neglected in research
and among the scholarly and professional
public. The few works in that field show
that the agrarian structure on private
farms is basically inert. This article docs
not treat the large socially-owned estates
which had great economic privileges. In
comparison with some European
agricultures, the lag of Croatian
agriculture in agrarian-structurc changes
has been especially pronounced in the
newer period, although different countries
had a different historical foundation. This
lag resulted from the long-lasting
inadequate attitude towards agriculture.
With the purpose of contributing to the
establishment of a policy of agricultural
renewal and development in Croatia
suited to the present agrarian structure
and other conditions, the article analyzes
some achievements and experiences of
European agricultures.
It is shown that in those countries
changes in agrarian structure resulted
from structural policy and many other
factors so it is not simple to single out
the influence of specific structural
measures. Therefore a great number of
both positive and negative experiences
have been singled out, reached through
long years of studying structural and other
agrarian-policy measures in the
development of those agricultures. On
that basis the article suggests that socially
and economically more rational immediate
measures should preceed the long-term
goal of improving the Croatian agrarian
structure, which would make the overall
level of organization in Croatian
agriculture compatible with that of
modern agricultures.
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Hrčak ID:
119744
URI
Publication date:
12.6.1992.
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