Quantification of Changes in the State of the CR Agricultural Land Fund from 2001-2013

The main aim of the research was to analyse developments in the state of agricultural land in the Czech Republic in the period 2001-2013. One negative phenomenon is the fact that a larger decrease in agricultural land is happening even on higher-quality lands. The decrease in qualitatively better agricultural land in selected regions is lower in comparison with the nationwide decrease. A deeper evaluation of twenty-one districts in the CR shows that only three districts are experiencing a positive development in the relative changes in the state of agricultural land in relation to the area of the district. A partial aim was to find out whether there is any dependency between the size of a municipality and a change in the acreage of agricultural land, especially from the viewpoint of decreases in agricultural land. From a sample of 56 municipalities, no strong dependence between the monitored quantities was proven.