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vol. 11, nr. 1 (2008)
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Czech agriculture in the period of transformation
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Jan Křen 1, Soňa Valtýniová2
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1 Department of Agrosystems and Bioclimatology, Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno, Zemedelska 1, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic |
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2 Agrotest fyto, Ltd., Havlickova 2787, 76701 Kromeriz, Czech Republic |
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vol. 11 (2008), nr. 1,
pp. 101-116
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abstract:
The paper gives an analysis of the state and problems of agrosystems under conditions of the Czech Republic, which can be characterized by:
larger size of agricultural enterprises and farms,
low inputs in soil and crop management for a long time (since 1990),
decrease in livestock population, particularly in cattle, after 1990,
big part of the managed soil is rented, which destabilizes agricultural enterprises and often leads to worse soil care,
omitting fixed crop rotations, decrease in areas of good preceding crops (sugar beet, potatoes, legumes and perennial forage crops), considerable enlargement of areas planted with oil crops (rapeseed and poppy),
higher variation in yield and production of main crops in recent years, which is likely to be caused by climatic changes that are emphasized by the mentioned problems.
This indicates that sustainability of the current agrosystems can be problematic in the future due to low inputs, inappropriate structure of grown crops and breaking of the rules of crop rotation. The farming systems applied increase rather than compensate for impact of climatic changes on production of field crops. Possibilities of improving this state are discussed.
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keywords:
Czech Republic, arable farming, agrosystems development, sustainability of current agrosystems, yield stability of field crops
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original in:
English
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