Geografie 2021, 126, 319-345
Farmers shaping the landscape: how do they influence the form of landscape and land use structure in Czechia?
, Vít Jančák
Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Social Geography and Regional Development, Prague, Czechia
Received March 2021
Accepted September 2021
In the developed countries the share of agriculture in employment and economy is small, but a large proportion of land is used for agricultural purposes. Therefore, farmers have a significant influence on the form of landscape and land use. The goal of this article is to explain how the landscape form and land-use structure in Czechia are influenced by the farmers’ decisions. In the article mainly qualitative data were used. The analysis is based on the results of fifteen semi-structured interviews with farmers in the model area. The results of the study showed that farmers in Czechia have a significant influence on the landscape form and land-use structure, whereas these decisions mainly depend on their motivation to farm in a specific form. The results also showed that social capital doesn’t have any direct influence on the landscape form and land-use structure in Czechia.
Keywords
geography of agriculture, landscape, farmers’ decision-making, land use, Czechia.
Funding
This work was supported by SVV No. 244-2605661.
