| EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE RESTRUCTURING OF HUNGARIAN AGRICULTURE |
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| Gábor Szabó , Pannon University of Agriculture, Kaposvár, Hungary |
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| JEL classification : O130, P230, P270 |
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| Abstract |
| The Hungarian national economy is among those presently operating on a transitional economic system. In agriculture the situation is not stable, too.Land property and land use conditions, the structure of the system of production, market conditions, etc. are all in a state of flux.
The general shortage of capital represents a particularly significant problem with respect to the future of agricultural production. In the course of the discussion of this topic two megatrends in world agriculture emerge: increased emphasis on market conditions and the consideration of interests relating to environmental protection and nature conservation are to be borne in mind.
This paper outlines the major changes which have taken place in Hungarian agriculture in the 1990s, overviews of the consequences of these changes with respect to environmental protection and nature conservation, and identifies the problems that must be solved urgently. |
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