Structure Of Organic Farming In Central Bohemia

Abstract

This bachelor thesis is focused on review structure of production in organic farming of central Bohemia. In teoretic part is described definitiv of organic farming, history and his importance. In the following chapter is mentioned the developement of organic farming in the Czech republic. Further are mentioned the specifics of plant production, animal production and nonproductive functions of organic farming. The practical part of thesis is focused on evaluation of data, which was obtained from database Institute of Agricultural Economics and Informations, Ministry ofAgriculture, survey and from Faculty of Agriculture in University of South Bohemia. In this practical part of thesis is evaluated acreage of individual crops, species and numbers of breedin ganimals and others. Data are collected for central Bohemia and compared whit the whole Czech Republic. From the results ensues that organic farming is the most represented in the Southern Bohemian and Moravian-Silesian Region and in the Carlsbad Region. In the Central Bohemian Region organic farming is represented by only 3, 2 % of the total amount of agricultural soil which is in organic farming mode. The biggest portion of areas in organic farming is occupied by permanent grassland. Their acreage is the largest mainly in mountain and submontane areas. Cereals are definitely the most grown crops. They were grown on 2176, 8 ha in the Central Bohemian Region. As to animal production sheep breeding is prevailing in this area