Der einfluss der landesweiten agrarpolitik auf den weinbau in North Bihar zwischen 1945 und 1989
The Influence of Country-wide Agricultural Policy on Wine-growing in North Bihar Between 1945 and 1989

Summary/Abstract: In this article I describe the destruction of the vineyards in the northern Bihar region. What was still a flourishing horticulture in the first half of the 20th century declined between 1945 and 1989. Three factors played a role in the process of destruction. Chronologically the first was the compulsory delivery system of the Rákosi era and its wine tax policy (1949–1953). The second factor was the termination of the private ownership of land (1961), the third can be linked to the spread of production for the market in household plots (1968). The decline of the vineyards accelerated between 1968 and 1989, and unquestionably reached its peak in the decades following the change of system when the classification of garden zone (involving the obligation to cultivate the land) was ended and as a consequence the vines were replaced by forest areas (from 1994 to the present).

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