Novodobé pustnutie kultúrnej poľnohospodárskej krajiny Slovenska v historickom kontexte
Modern abandonment of agricultural land in Slovakia in its historical context

Summary/Abstract: After the socio-economic events in Slovakia in 1989, an abandonment of cultural agricultural land poses a problem of extensive non-use of land (approximately 17.5% to 18.6%). The article discusses the history of this phenomenon in the country through changes in land (soil fund) development during the first Czechoslovak Republic and from 1945 until now. During the first Czechoslovak Republic, Slovakia had historically the largest areas of grassland (1,050,118 ha) and arable land (1,942,770 ha). Since then the area of agricultural land has declined, while the acreage of forest land (parcels) has risen. In the period 1998 - 2006 there was an overall loss of arable land of about 49,084 ha, which is the most in the modern history of Slovakia after its creation in 1993.

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