Slovenian Agricultural Policy and Multi-functional Role of Agriculture

Multifunctional role of agriculture and its importance in main strategic documents and implemental measures of agrarian policy in Slovenia in the period from passing and enforcement of the Strategy of Slovenian Agriculture to Slovenia’s accession to the European Union was analysed. Qualitative evaluation comprising the measures of market price policy and those of structural policy and rural development policy represents the level of presence of individual elements of multifunctionality in the goals and items of agrarian policy measures. The collected environmental and productional indicators and the extent and structure of financial support offered indirectly by the Slovenian Government to various productional and non-productional functions of agriculture, point at an increased multifunctional role of agriculture and agrarian policy of Slovenia