Author(s):
1. Vesna Mrdalj, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abstract:
The growing needs for food and raw materials of agriculture origin in the world is caused the intensive agricultural production, which resulted in major changes in the agricultural landscape, as a part of the cultural landscape in rural area. In the Republic of Srpska is less arable agricultural land, as irreplaceable natural resource. Villages for years lose the original elements of the basic function of the agricultural landscape. Despite the support of relevant institutions in the development of the agricultural sector, more and more agricultural land is converted to pasture, scrub or is degraded due to soil erosion. The new Law on Agricultutal Land from 2006 was defined in intention of the the protection, development and use of agricultural land in production. The law still has not fully taken hold in practice, precise in the part related to the transfer of non-arable agricultural land to commercial farmers. It is difficult to predict the future course of the change process of agriculture landscape in the Republic of Srpska and all consequences that carry these processes. Therefore, the aim of this work consists in analyzing of process changes of the agricultural landscape in the Republic Srpska , caused by influence of many factors. The relevant statistical data have been analyzed about the state of the agricultural sector in Municipality Novi Grad for the period 1961-2012. One part of the results presented in this paper were obtained on the basis of the survey on the socio-economic characteristics of housholds in the area of Municipality Novi Grad in 2003. In the paper are used the metod of comparison and statistical analysis of time series.

Key words:
agricultural landscape, agricultural land, Republic of Srpska.

Thematic field:
Agrarna ekonomija i ruralni razvoj/ Agroeconomy an

Date of abstract submission:
20.02.2013.

Number of visits:
245

Conference:
II međunarodni simpozijum i 18-to naučno-stručno savjetovanje agronoma Republike Srpske