Pregledni rad
https://doi.org/10.33128/ag.80.3.4
HOW WELL SLAVONIAN FARMERS ARE ACQUAINTED WITH THE MELIORATIVE SYSTEMS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE YIELD STABILITY
Robert Benković
; Veleučilište u Slavonskom Brodu, Slavonski Brod, Hrvatska
Božica Japundžić-Palenkić
; Veleučilište u Slavonskom Brodu, Slavonski Brod, Hrvatska
Teuta Benković Lačić
; Veleučilište u Slavonskom Brodu, Slavonski Brod, Hrvatska
Sažetak
Meliorative measures as irrigation and drainage are part of an important strategy for development of sustainable agricultural production in the regions with adverse climatic conditions. The aim of this paper was to determine how well Slavonian farmers are educated and acquainted with the improvement of agricultural production by investing in meliorative systems. This questioner survey on the education of Slavonian farmers and their willingness to improve agricultural production, investing in meliorative systems and yield stability, was carried out in the period from 17. October 2016. to 20. January 2017. in five Slavonian counties (Brod-Posavina, Osijek-Baranja, Vukovar-Srijem, Sisak-Moslavina and Požega-Slavonia). The sample consisted of 30 respondents from each of the five Slavonian counties (a total of 150 respondents) employed in agriculture and other activities related to agriculture. Respondents were asked twenty-four questions related to the main activity of their work, the level of education, the size of cultivated areas, the maintenance of the darinage system, the irrigation method, and basic knowledge about increasing the yield by applying meliorative systems. The survey found that most of the respondents cultivated areas of 1-3 ha with the problem of excess water and drainage systems which mostly maintained by the land owners. The results show that in the studied counties there is a problem of lack of water, and the dominant way of irrigation is by precipitation. The survey indicates the awareness of agricultural producers that they can expect constant and regular yields and even increase of yields by investing in meliorative systems.
Ključne riječi
agriculture; melioration; estimation; constant and regular yield
Hrčak ID:
217206
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Datum izdavanja:
15.2.2019.
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