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MENDELNET 2013INTRODUCTIONThe tasks of agriculture are nowadays an important issue not only in Slovakia, but in wholeEurope. Agriculture is economical activity primarily dependent on a soil, because the wholeproduction of food depends on it. Due to this fact, it is necessary to guarantee its substantiabledevelopment not only to maintain the soil itself, but in order to maintain its productive and nonproductiveabilities, in order to maintain the quality of natural resources, environment as a whole,but also to maintain substantial development of the whole society (Hronec a kol., 2001). It is aform of archeotype of a landscape (Hreško, Kanasová, Petrovič, 2010). Agricultural production, asnoted in Zoborský (2001), always run it certain concrete production conditions, in certain locality,in space, which is characterized by certain conditions. These specific conditions represent theenvironment in which the companies work. According to paragraph č. 539/2008 Z. z. about thesupport of regional development is micro-regional syndicate a juristic person, established to obtainthe common solutions and to increase the economical development, social development and localdevelopment of the region. Micro-regions are voluntary settlement of villages in space, wherevillages cooperate to guarantee important functions and requirements. Settlement - spatialclustering villages is the dominant feature, although it does not mean that the members of suchassociations may also be other entities that do not carry the settlement and administrative functions(Tvrdoňová, 2006). Micro-region Cedron is located in southwestern Slovakia (Fig. 1). In terms ofgeographical and administrative division include Micro-region Cedron into two districts-Nitra andNové Zámky. Micro-region associates cadastral area of 7 villages: Cabaj - Čápor, Svätoplukovo,Mojmírovce, Veľká Dolina, Poľný Kesov, Štefanovičová and Rastislavice, but also unitesbusinesses, nonprofit organizations and individuals. Area micro-region around the Cedronerepresents 12,208.4 hectares. Cadastral area micro-region is situated in the fertile area DanubeLowland, on the southern outskirts of Nitra downs. The name of Cedron microregion was givenaccording the stream which flows through all the municipalities associated in the micro-region.Micro-region is located in the temperate zone. Today cadastral area of micro-region constitutes to10,982.3 hectares agricultural soil (Záväzná osnova integrovanej stratégie územia, 2008).Micro-region Cedron is an area with a long agricultural history and tradition, but in last few yearsthe importance of agriculture is in decline, because production is expanding nowadays,, sale ofproducts and services offered especially in the secondary and tertiary sector. These days, there aremany bigger companies in the micro-region that are supported by the common agricultural policyof the European Union. Micro-region lost its ability to develop the potential of the area throughemployment in agriculture and today it fulfills largely residential function and the tail of the labormarket for district towns.The aim of this work is to find out, what are tasks of agriculture with the help of local agriculturalsubjects, and by exploring to find out what are the real possibilities of development of microregionthrough agriculture sector in the restricted area, and so the following partial parameters:- Analyzing Cedron micro-region from the perspective of agriculture through local agricultureentities- Identifying the main problems in the agricultural sector in relation to the development of Cedronmicro-region- The detection of the most important objectives in agriculture in relation to the development ofmicro-region- Devising the measures for improving relationship agriculture and Regional Development in thesolution area416 | P age