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This article presents information on the role of agriculture in the rural development of Hungary. Agriculture and the food industry are connected to the national economy in several channels of diverse intensity. A fundamental aspect of the agricultural sector is the important role it plays both in developed areas and in the disadvantaged and backward rural regions, where the positive effects of the national economy are slow to take hold. The structure of agriculture and the inequality of conditions and re-evaluation of the role of agriculture. Although the decreasing importance of agriculture in the national economy is a European trend, this loss in Hungary in the past decade has not only happened in relation to other industrial areas, but also in relation to both investment and absolute value. Its share in GDP fell from 13.7% to 4.3% between 1989 and 2001, however this is still higher than the European average. From a social perspective, the importance of agriculture lies primarily in employment, although the Hungarian statistical figures are not adequate for a full analysis. |
