The regional structure of the Hungarian agriculture in the beginning of the 20th century

Abstract

author is dealing with the development of Hungarian agriculture from different regional points of view: of the ecological-geographical, the ethnic-national, or the cluster regions (created by cluster-analysis) which were described in the study using about 700 variables. Based on the more than 100 000 computerized data and analyzing them by mathematical-statistical methods (correlation, regression, factor and cluster-analysis) the author determines which factors or factorgroups played decisive role in forming the regional structure of the Hungarian agriculture. The regional research based on the data before WWI is suitable for understanding how far agricultural modernization got to in the different areas, how the regions made the best of their natural resources and conditions or to what extent they were able to compensate (with technology, working practices and racionalization) the unfavourable conditions. Finally, this study also demonstrates the results of calculations which show the role of agriculture and its three main sectors in the gDP in pre-1918 Hungary on county level.