ANALYSIS OF SELECTED FACTORS AFFECTING OFFICIAL LAND PRICES IN CZECH AGRICULTURE (2009-2018)

The aim of this paper is to prove or reject the impact of selected factors on official land price in agriculture, which can be considered as a possible mark of agricultural land quality. The research is based on data of the Land Survey Office in Prague, the Czech Statistical Office, Farm Accountancy Data Network, official prices of agricultural land based on public notice of the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic, information of the Czech Chamber of Commerce and the Research Institute for Soil and Water conservation. There were used methods of comparison, correlation and index analyses to process the data. The selected factors which could have some impact on the soil quality are; 1) Grown crops on fields (there were selected perennial fodder crops and maize for grain). 2) The extent of rented land. 3) Investments to land. The regions with the highest decrease of of the official price of agricultural land (2009-2018) are: Zlinsky, Moravskoslezsky, Jihomoravsky, Olomoucky, and Stredocesky region. The official land price slightly increased or didn't change in these regions: Vysocina, Kralovehradecky, Ustecky, Jihocesky. The correlation analysis found that the official prices are influenced by the extent of grown maize for grain. There weren't founded correlation between the official price and the other factors. The analysis of documents of the Czech Chamber of Commerce have found that significant decrease of the official prices (more than 10 %) are based from 60.6 % on negative anthropogenic factors (erosion processes caused by intensive agricultural production (40.15 % of cases), the influence of other agricultural processes (17.42 %), and floods (3.03 %)). Forty percent of cases when price decreased in cadastre is related with the more detailed research of soil quality. The positive impact of anthropogenic factors has been prove for 11 % of selected factors. The rest (89 %) is related with the more detailed paedological research.