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| Slovak agriculture faces changes |
| Bratislava, 15.02.2017 |
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| While self-sufficient in milk, beef, poultry, eggs and sugar, sector lags in pork, fruits and vegetables.
Small organic farms are scarce in Slovakia, a country where agriculture is still symbolised by a sector comprising mostly large-scale production.
Historically, Slovakia was the less industrialised and less modernised part of Czechoslovakia, but in the years that followed World War II it too went through the transition from agricultural through industrial to a service-oriented economy. Following those developments, Slovakia’s agricultural sector has experienced difficult years.
The main challenge is the lack of interest among young people in going into farming, coupled with climate change that shifts locations of cultivation, excessive yields of certain crops, a milk price crisis, foreign ownership of local land and low self-sufficiency in essential food products. Despite these dire circumstances agriculture experts see opportunities for Slovaks, mostly in organic farming, agro-tourism and specialised crop production.
“Companies which regularly fit in the top 100 agriculture companies or participate in the Najkrajší chotár (Most Beautiful Land Area) competition show evidence that they can produce even in the unflattering conditions of our agriculture,” Slovak Agriculture and Food Chamber (SPPK) spokeswoman Jana Holéciová told The Slovak Spectator.
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