摘要：For many years the condition and factors for the development of the agrarian structure have been neglected in research and among the scholarly and professional public. The few works in that field show that the agrarian structure on private farms is basically inert. This article docs not treat the large socially-owned estates which had great economic privileges. In comparison with some European agricultures, the lag of Croatian agriculture in agrarian-structurc changes has been especially pronounced in the newer period, although different countries had a different historical foundation. This lag resulted from the long-lasting inadequate attitude towards agriculture. With the purpose of contributing to the establishment of a policy of agricultural renewal and development in Croatia suited to the present agrarian structure and other conditions, the article analyzes some achievements and experiences of European agricultures. It is shown that in those countries changes in agrarian structure resulted from structural policy and many other factors so it is not simple to single out the influence of specific structural measures. Therefore a great number of both positive and negative experiences have been singled out, reached through long years of studying structural and other agrarian-policy measures in the development of those agricultures. On that basis the article suggests that socially and economically more rational immediate measures should preceed the long-term goal of improving the Croatian agrarian structure, which would make the overall level of organization in Croatian agriculture compatible with that of modern agricultures.
