Siegfried Thieme/ Wilfried Heller, Potsdam

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Transformation Processes in Agriculture and the Rural
        Areas of East Germany. Potsdam-Mittelmark as an example
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Pages 86 - 99


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The unification agreement between the Federal Republic
          of Germany and the German Democratic Republic (1990), the agriculture
          adjustment law (1991), the compensation law (1994) and the arrangement
          about old debts are the legal frame of the transformation process of
          the East German agriculture. About 32.000 agricultural enterprices of
          different legal forms were established in East Germany up to 1998. The
          number of labour force decreased from nearly 850.000 in 1989 to approximately
          145.000 in 1998. The animal stock was reduced dramatically, and the
          cultivation structures changed radically. The East German agriculture
          needs a model of structure policies which fulfil both the conditions
          of large enterprises and of family farms. The agreement of the European
          Council on &#147;agenda 2000&#148; ( March 1999 ) contributes to the
          stabilization of agriculture in East Germany and represents the basis
          for a progressive financial support of the rural areas. The &#147;Land&#148;
          Brandenburg and the &#147;Landkreis&#148; Potsdam-Mittelmark try to
          realize a sustainable regional development applying the concepts of
          an integrated rural development and of a decentral concentration.

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