Thematic research group: RURAL
Thesis title: Significance of family farms for landscape and society in Czechia
Funding: Self, Charles University Grant Agency (GAUK), project no. 370921 The Role of Family Farms in Rural Development in Czechia
Begun: October 2020
Qualifications
2017 - 2020 Landscape and Society, Faculty of Science, Charles University
2014 - 2017 Demography with Social Geography, Faculty of Science, Charles University
Research
My research is focused on the role of family farms in the current society and landscape in Czechia. First of all, I’m going to find a definition of family farms and then I’ll analyze the influence of family farms on the environment and society in Czechia. In the case of the environment, my main focus is land use and family farms. In the case of society, my main focus is the economy (role of family farms in employment, etc.) and the relation between family farms and regional development in general. Another important aspect of my work is the regional differentiation of the family farm’s influence as well as the difference between the role of family farms and other types of agricultural subjects (like cooperative farms or agricultural holdings). For a detailed analysis of my topic, I’m going to make a case study in different regions in Czechia, where mainly qualitative methods like interviews with the farmers will be used.
Publications
Lojka B., Teutscherová N., Chládová A., Kala L., Szabó P., Martiník A., Weger J., Houška J., Červenka J., Kotrba R., Jobbiková J., Doležalová H., Snášelová M., Krčmářová J., Zavadil T. , et al. Agroforestry in the Czech Republic: What hampers the comeback of a once traditional land use system?. Agronomy [online], 2022, vol. 12. ISSN 2073-4395.
Zavadil T., Jančák V. Zemědělci formující krajinu: jak ovlivňují podobu krajiny a strukturu využití ploch v Česku?. Geografie: Sborník České geografické společnosti, 2021, vol. 126, s. 319-345. ISSN 1212-0014.
Conference contribution
Febuary 2022: Zemědělci jako aktéři rozvoje venkova
Seminář Venkov 2022, Praha, Czechia
June 2022: Agriculture and its role as an employer in rural areas of Czechia: the view of farmers
13th Czech-Polish-Slovak seminarium, Klášterec nad Ohří, Czechia, with Vít Jančák
June 2023: Family farming three decades after the fall of communist regime: example of Czechia
Rural Geo Conference, Groningen, Netherlands
External activities
Part time worker in the Association of Private Farming of the Czech Republic