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Abstract
The end-result of the complex and contradictory processes taking place in the
agriculture throughout the period since the Second World War is depopulation and
persistent crisis in agriculture. Mass transfer of rural population to cities and transition
from agricultural to non-agricultural activities has had a series of negative
demographic, economic, sociological, cultural and others consequences. The decline
in agricultural population (from 66.0% in 1953. to 10.9% in 2002.) is one of the
most significant change in the social and economic structure of population in Serbia.
Due to the characteristic migration patterns by age and sex, they have had a
substantial impact on the change in age-sex structure of agricultural population
(increasing share of women and old generations). Feminization and senilization of
village practically left them without labor force, while agricultural became a
neglected activity.