After the change of the political system, at the beginning of the 90’s, the territorial differences in Hungary deepened obviously. Approximately 1.5 millions jobs were terminated, the production in the former industrial centres declined, and the reorganization of the economical system started....

Highly commercial farms – overview. The distribution of highly commercial farms. Distribution of highly commercial farms according to social and demographic characteristics of farm managers. The distribution of highly commercial farms in size groups. Highly commercial farms in agricultural...

The paper looks first at the geographical conditions, specifically the economic, socio-cultural, demographic, and environmental, including local conditions as the vital factor underlying the course of transformation in mountainous rural areas. Next, the paper considers the results of the case...

The paper presents the approach to the analysis of spatial relationships between the town and surrounding rural areas. The main objective was to compare the competitiveness and living conditions of the areas located in the surroundings of towns with different number of inhabitants and situated...

A vidékfejlesztési programok működésének szerény eredménye, hogy az elmúlt tíz évben magyarországi alkalmazásuk hozzájárult a vidéki térségekből történő elvándorlás mérséklődéséhez. A vidékfejlesztési támogatások a vidéki gazdaság, a környezet és a...

The TOP-MARD research project (Toward a Policy Model of Multifunctional Agriculture and Rural Development), that will be here described in its Italian version, links farmers’ behaviour with their economic, social and environmental effects, showing the difference between a behaviour guided by...

Qingshuitang Village near the Qingmuchi Village is taken as the control region, which has similar status of social economy and flue-cured tobacco cultivation and has not implemented specialized curing. Permanent residents above the age of 18 in the two villages are investigated. Due to the...

Every year, a significant amount of renewable dendromass is generated in Hungary. Various possibilities have been recognised by today that are not widespread yet. The greatest obstacle is frequently derived from the lack of the farmers’ knowledge as without having the required knowledge...