Forderung und Förderung

Ein interessen- und förderungspolitischer Ansatz zur Nachkriegslandwirtschaft in Niederösterreich 1945–1952

Abstract

Chambers of agriculture have been a constitutive element of the Austrian agricultural organization system since the 1920s and 1930s. They are legally obliged to represent the interests of their members, to administer the aid thing and to offer legal, technical and social advice. The Federal Constitution decrees that the representation of the interests of the agricultural and forestry population is the responsibility of the provinces. The first part of this article explains the changes in tasks of the chamber of agriculture from 1922 to 1952 based on the chamber of agriculture for Lower Austria and Vienna. The second part of the article focuses on the district chamber of agriculture as a local institution, which also deals with the representation of interests and its part in the rationing system of agricultural goods after World War II.