"RIV/62156489:43310/14:00230974" . "Kone\u010Dn\u00FD, Ond\u0159ej" . . "Although the agriculture/farmers cannot be seen as crucial sector/actors of rural development, their importance is not negligible. Currently, some popular concepts of the development of the transforming rural space -- concept of the OECD (2006), bottom-up approach of community-led local development and implemented LEADER method - understand farmers as important factor of rural development and emphasize the need of connection of the key actors in the rural areas and the need of their own participation and initiation of the development of rural areas. The changing position of agriculture and the differentiated rural areas is also reflected in the theoretical approaches trying to explain this transformation with agriculture seen as one of the sectors and industries in the rural areas which can ensure the sustainability of rural households and the quality of life in rural areas through combination of agriculture and other activities (tourism or other services) in the frame of multifunctionality concept. Therefore the present paper opens the questions of how Czech farmers reflect their position in the rural areas (particularly in the context of multifunctionality) and whether they understand this issue only through the narrow sectoral focus (agricultural development) or whether they perceive it as a complex dimension connected to rural development. To answer these questions, the presented sample research was conducted in the autumn of 2013 among 73 farmers when 30% of participating farmers cultivated an area smaller than 50 ha, while only 21% of the respondents reported 80% of captured agricultural land. Based on the sample research findings, farmers are largely familiar with a comprehensive view of the Czech rural space in the context of multifunctionality in agriculture."@en . . "2014-01-01+01:00"^^ . . . . "Rural Development, Multifunctionality and Agriculture: The Perspective of Czech Farmers" . "1"^^ . . "[9CD91FA7E2FF]" . . "Rural Development, Multifunctionality and Agriculture: The Perspective of Czech Farmers" . . "\u010Cesk\u00E1 zem\u011Bd\u011Blsk\u00E1 univerzita v Praze. Provozn\u011B ekonomick\u00E1 fakulta" . . "Rural Development, Multifunctionality and Agriculture: The Perspective of Czech Farmers"@en . "1"^^ . . "Rural Development, Multifunctionality and Agriculture: The Perspective of Czech Farmers"@en . . "the Czech Republic; multifunctionality; rural areas; Agriculture; rural development; farmers"@en . "978-80-213-2545-6" . . "43582" . "S" . "8"^^ . . "43310" . . . "RIV/62156489:43310/14:00230974!RIV15-MSM-43310___" . "Praha" . . "Praha" . "Although the agriculture/farmers cannot be seen as crucial sector/actors of rural development, their importance is not negligible. Currently, some popular concepts of the development of the transforming rural space -- concept of the OECD (2006), bottom-up approach of community-led local development and implemented LEADER method - understand farmers as important factor of rural development and emphasize the need of connection of the key actors in the rural areas and the need of their own participation and initiation of the development of rural areas. The changing position of agriculture and the differentiated rural areas is also reflected in the theoretical approaches trying to explain this transformation with agriculture seen as one of the sectors and industries in the rural areas which can ensure the sustainability of rural households and the quality of life in rural areas through combination of agriculture and other activities (tourism or other services) in the frame of multifunctionality concept. Therefore the present paper opens the questions of how Czech farmers reflect their position in the rural areas (particularly in the context of multifunctionality) and whether they understand this issue only through the narrow sectoral focus (agricultural development) or whether they perceive it as a complex dimension connected to rural development. To answer these questions, the presented sample research was conducted in the autumn of 2013 among 73 farmers when 30% of participating farmers cultivated an area smaller than 50 ha, while only 21% of the respondents reported 80% of captured agricultural land. Based on the sample research findings, farmers are largely familiar with a comprehensive view of the Czech rural space in the context of multifunctionality in agriculture." . "Agrarian Perspectives XXIII" . . .