Structural Changes in Agriculture in the Pomurje Region After 1991

  • Matej Kraner University of Maribor, Faculty of Arts, Departmant of geography; Maribor, Slovenia.
  • Lučka Lorber University of Maribor, Faculty of Arts, Departmant of geography; Maribor, Slovenia. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7200-4690
Keywords: Slovenia, Prekmurje, agricultural policies, CAP, agricultural structure, agricultural development

Abstract

The Pomurje region is the most agricultural and the least developed region in Slovenia. Since 1991, the year when Slovenia gained its independence, the country transformed from the socialist system to the free market capitalism and was forced to restructure the agricultural policy. The decrease and the aging of the population, the abandon of the agriculture production and the decay of cultural landscape turned out to be serious problems. In Pomurje, agriculture was faced with unfavourable age structure of farmers in family farms. The Slovene agricultural policy was aware of this problem and took a number of measures to encourage the aging farmers to retire and the young generation to take over. Alongside this process began the process of merging land in the Pomurje rural areas. In the last 10 years, the agriculture in Pomurje underwent the improvement of agricultural technology, the specialization of productions and the enlargement of farms.

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Author Biographies

Matej Kraner , University of Maribor, Faculty of Arts, Departmant of geography; Maribor, Slovenia.

E-naslov: kraner.matej@gmail.com

Lučka Lorber, University of Maribor, Faculty of Arts, Departmant of geography; Maribor, Slovenia.

E-mail: lucka.lorber@uni-mb.si

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Published
2010-12-31
How to Cite
Kraner M., & Lorber L. (2010). Structural Changes in Agriculture in the Pomurje Region After 1991. Journal for Geography, 5(2), 43-54. https://doi.org/10.18690/rg.5.2.4027
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Scientific Articles