<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Traditional agricultural landscapes are a mosaic of small-scale arable fields and permanent agricultural cultivations such as grasslands, vineyards and high-trunk orchards. Most of them are threatened by abandonment as they are usually situated in marginal mountain regions with less favourable conditions for agriculture. Our aim was to analyse the distribution of traditional agricultural landscapes in less favoured areas and the effects of the supportive measures of the Common Agricultural Policy, which are oriented towards helping farmers from these areas in maintaining traditional agriculture. Except for traditional agricultural vineyard landscapes, almost all TAL plots are situated in less favoured areas. Most of them are located in mountain areas with less favourable conditions for agriculture. Abandonment of traditional agricultural landscape inside the less favoured areas is significantly higher than in locations elsewhere. The supportive measures of the Common Agricultural Policy do not effectively mitigate this abandonment. If we would like to maintain traditional agricultural landscape in less favoured areas, it is necessary to stop the existing negative trend of abandonment and search for new ways to motivate farmers to continue their traditional farming by adjusting the conditions of the common agricultural policy to benefit small farmers as well.</p></abstract>

Traditional agricultural landscapes are a mosaic of small-scale arable fields and permanent agricultural cultivations such as grasslands, vineyards and high-trunk orchards. Most of them are threatened by abandonment as they are usually situated in marginal mountain regions with less favourable conditions for agriculture. Our aim was to analyse the distribution of traditional agricultural landscapes in less favoured areas and the effects of the supportive measures of the Common Agricultural Policy, which are oriented towards helping farmers from these areas in maintaining traditional agriculture. Except for traditional agricultural vineyard landscapes, almost all TAL plots are situated in less favoured areas. Most of them are located in mountain areas with less favourable conditions for agriculture. Abandonment of traditional agricultural landscape inside the less favoured areas is significantly higher than in locations elsewhere. The supportive measures of the Common Agricultural Policy do not effectively mitigate this abandonment. If we would like to maintain traditional agricultural landscape in less favoured areas, it is necessary to stop the existing negative trend of abandonment and search for new ways to motivate farmers to continue their traditional farming by adjusting the conditions of the common agricultural policy to benefit small farmers as well.

Traditional agricultural landscape and their management in less favoured areas in Slovakia

Institute of Landscape Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, P.O.Box 254, Štefánikova 3, 814 99 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Ecology and Environment, Trieda A. Hlinku 1, 949 74, Nitra, Slovak Republic

Institute of Landscape Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, branch Nitra, Akademická 2, 949 01 Nitra, Slovak

Ekológia (Bratislava)

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Traditional agricultural landscapes are a mosaic of small-scale arable fields and permanent agricultural cultivations such as grasslands, vineyards and...

Traditional agricultural landscape and their management in less favoured areas in Slovakia

Online veröffentlicht: 05. März 2016

Seitenbereich: 1 - 12

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eko-2016-0001

Schlüsselwörter
less favoured areas, abandonment, management intensity, Common Agriculture Policy

© by Juraj Lieskovský

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Traditional agricultural landscape and their management in less favoured areas in Slovakia

Online veröffentlicht: 05. März 2016

Seitenbereich: 1 - 12

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eko-2016-0001

Schlüsselwörterless favoured areas, abandonment, management intensity, Common Agriculture Policy

© by Juraj Lieskovský

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
less favoured areas, abandonment, management intensity, Common Agriculture Policy