The use of agricultural lands in Aukštadvaris regional park

Abstract

Analysis of the declared agricultural land and crop areas situated in Aukštadvaris regional park, which is situated in southeastern Lithuania, is presented in the article. Almost the entire territory of the park is situated in Trakai district. Paluknys subdistrict, situated in the southeastern part of Trakai district, was chosen for the comparison of agricultural lands in the regional park. Following the data of the Agriculture information and rural business center, the total area of agricultural lands and crop covers 1955.14 ha, that makes up 11.48 per cent of the total area of the regional park. The number of the farmers, who declared their crops, is 471. The area of the declared agricultural lands in Paluknys subdistrict – 2065.45 ha and it makes up 14.75 percent of the total area of the subdistrict. 164 farmers introduced declarations. The declared areas of the Aukštadvaris regional park and Paluknys subdistrict, for which direct payments are paid, are analyzed in the article as well.