Availability of agricultural infrastructure in Krapina-zagorje county

Abstract

Poljoprivredna infrastruktura nema univerzalnu definiciju i još uvijek postoje razna tumačenja i podjele poljoprivredne infrastrukture na svjetskoj razini. Poljoprivredna infrastruktura je u Hrvatskoj također rijetko opisan i razjašnjen pojam, kako za poljoprivredne proizvođače tako i za stručnjake s područja agronomije, s obzirom da niti jedan znanstveni rad u Hrvatskoj nije napisan na temu poljoprivredne infrastrukture. Obzirom da infrastrukturu u poljoprivredi obilježava izravno smanjivanje proizvodnih gubitaka, povećavanje tržišne orijentacije poljoprivrede i unapređenje primarne poljoprivredne proizvodnje, može se reći da je itekako potrebno toj temi posvetiti više pažnje. U ovom je diplomskom radu definirana poljoprivredna infrastruktura, raščlanjena na javnu i privatnu te su određene njihove sastavnice. Dakle, privatna poljoprivredna infrastruktura uključuje svu infrastrukturu koju posjeduju poljoprivredna gospodarstva a koja je namijenjena isključivo njihovim proizvodnim potrebama, tj. ona infrastruktura čiji korisnik nije šira zajednica, dok javna poljoprivredna infrastruktura podrazumijeva infrastrukturu koja je dostupna i na raspolaganju zajednici te koju koristi više članova zajednice. Cilj diplomskog rada je definirati i pobliže opisati pojam poljoprivredne infrastrukture, locirati objekte javne poljoprivredne infrastrukture na području Krapinsko-zagorske županije, zatim pomoću rezultata istraživanja definirati potrebe poljoprivrednih proizvođača prema poljoprivrednoj infrastrukturi te sastaviti prijedlog ulaganja u poljoprivrednu infrastrukturu na području Krapinsko-zagorske županije. Rezultati rada pokazuju da na području Krapinsko-zagorske županije postoji vrlo malo javne poljoprivredne infrastrukture, ali zato postoje privatni poduzetnički oblici s infrastrukturnom podrškom za više poljoprivrednih gospodarstava. Rezultati istraživanja su pokazali da poljoprivredni proizvođači nisu u potpunosti sigurni u značenje i važnost poljoprivredne infrastrukture u proizvodnji, ali imaju velike potrebe za poljoprivrednom infrastrukturom. S druge strane, sve više poljoprivrednih proizvođača, kao i jedinica lokalnih samouprava, planiraju ulaganja u poljoprivrednu infrastrukturu.Agricultural infrastructure does not have a universal definition and there are still many different interpretations and divisions of agricultural infrastructure on the world level. Agricultural infrastructure is also rarely described and clarified in Croatia, both for agricultural producers and for experts in the field of agronomy, since no scientific paper in Croatia has been written on agricultural infrastructure. Given that agricultural infrastructure is characterized by a direct reduction in production losses, increased market orientation of agriculture and the improvement of primary agricultural production, it can be said that much more attention needs to be paid to this issue. In this thesis, the agricultural infrastructure is defined, divided into public and private and their components are defined. Thus, private agricultural infrastructure includes all infrastructure owned by agricultural holdings which is intended solely to their production needs, ie infrastructure whose user is not a wider community, while public agricultural infrastructure implies infrastructure available to the community and used by more community members. The aim of the thesis is to define and describe the concept of agricultural infrastructure, to locate the objects of public agricultural infrastructure in the Krapina-Zagorje County, and then to define the needs of agricultural producers according to the agricultural infrastructure through research results and to compile a suggestion for investment in agricultural infrastructure in the Krapina-Zagorje County. The results show that there is very little public agricultural infrastructure in the Krapina-Zagorje County, but there are private entrepreneurial forms with infrastructure support for several agricultural holdings. The results of the research have shown that agricultural producers are not entirely sure of the importance and importance of agricultural infrastructure in production, but have great needs for agricultural infrastructure. On the other hand, more and more agricultural producers, as well as local self-government units, plan to invest in agricultural infrastructure