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On the changes in the agricultural arable land in Finland and their perspectives for the future
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dc.contributor.authorHäkkilä, Mattide
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-07T09:54:26Z
dc.date.available2016-10-07T09:54:26Z
dc.date.issued1999de
dc.identifier.issn0943-7142de
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/48300
dc.description.abstractThe development of the corporate structure in Finnish agriculture has remained behind that of other western states, as a large settlement project was realised in Finland after the wars; as a result of this, uninhabited areas housed new, small agricultural companies, and new arable land was developed. In the middle of the sixties, there were more than 300000 farms in Finland with more than one hectare land; the total sum of their fields amounted to 2,7 million ha. Self-sufficiency with the most important foods was achieved in Finland during the fifties; since the sixties, overproduction has been a problem. From then until Finland joined the EU, the limitation of overproduction was a central element of Finnish agricultural policies. Closure of farms and fallow land received special subsidies. In the middle of the nineties, only 94 000 active farms rema ined, covering a total surface of roughly 2 million ha. Predictions say that, by the year 2005, the number of active farms will drop to half the number of when Finland joined the EU. The agricultural land will not shrink to the same extent , as the subsidisation policies of the EU which refer to the land require of the farmers that the fields belonging to closed farms are purchased or leased. In EU Finland, the best chances for successful production were seen in the keeping of dairy animals. However, the main focus of keeping dairy animals has, during the decades, wandered quite far to the North. In the fields along the southern and south- western coast, crops and some special plants are grown in the most suitable fields. The outlook for crop production are much worse than those of dairy production in green fields. It is certainly true that it is necessary to find alternative uses for the fields which are now longer required for traditional agriculture, so as to ensure that the best fields do not lie destitute and reduce the beauty of the landscape in the rural regions. It has never been popular in Finland to plant trees in the fields, although the state provides subsidies. On the other hand, there are considerably large forests in Finland, so that expansive additional forests in the unused fields would make the landscape in the rural regions even more monotonous. Biological farming, however, could be expanded in Finland. As is expressed in AGENDA 2000, the EU will continue to provide subsidies for biological farming and other diversification possibilities of agriculture. The fields which will no longer be used for traditional farming could also be used for the so-called non-food production, for example to grow energy and fibre plants. For example, by cultivating stalked plants, it would be possible to replace short-fibre deciduous trees, whose fibres are needed in the fine paper industry in addition to the coniferous tree fibres. There is such a lack of these trees in Finland that a large proportion of the deciduous tree wood is imported from Russia.en
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dc.subject.ddcWirtschaftde
dc.subject.ddcEconomicsen
dc.subject.ddcStädtebau, Raumplanung, Landschaftsgestaltungde
dc.subject.ddcLandscaping and area planningen
dc.subject.otherAgenda 2000de
dc.titleZu den Veränderungen landwirtschaftlicher Nutzflächen in Finnland und deren Zukunftsperspektivende
dc.title.alternativeOn the changes in the agricultural arable land in Finland and their perspectives for the futurede
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dc.source.journalEuropa Regional
dc.source.volume7.1999de
dc.publisher.countryDEU
dc.source.issue2de
dc.subject.classozWirtschaftssektorende
dc.subject.classozEconomic Sectorsen
dc.subject.classozRaumplanung und Regionalforschungde
dc.subject.classozArea Development Planning, Regional Researchen
dc.subject.thesozFinnlandde
dc.subject.thesozFinlanden
dc.subject.thesozLandwirtschaftde
dc.subject.thesozagricultureen
dc.subject.thesozlandwirtschaftliche Entwicklungde
dc.subject.thesozagricultural developmenten
dc.subject.thesozländlicher Raumde
dc.subject.thesozrural areaen
dc.subject.thesozViehwirtschaftde
dc.subject.thesozanimal husbandryen
dc.subject.thesozAgrarbetriebde
dc.subject.thesozfarmen
dc.subject.thesozZukunftde
dc.subject.thesozfutureen
dc.subject.thesozErwartungde
dc.subject.thesozexpectationen
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