Zemědělství v horských oblastech: vybrané teoreticko-metodologické aspekty geografického výzkumu

Abstract

Mountain areas cover in dependence on chosen methodology up to one third of area of the Czech Republic. When we take into consideration farm land, it´s approximately 8 %, so it is relatively spacious part of country. Agricultural activities in these areas have to strictly respect natural conditions, however still keep its social, cultural and economic functions. These features make from research of moutain agriculture very interesting challenge. The objective of this paper is to follow phenomenon of mountain farming and connected spatial processes; its importance for cultural landscape and society will be also theoretically analysed. Special attention is paid to concept of marginality in agricultural context.