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Landwirtschaftskammern are mechanisms for agency and regulation of interests of the land and forestry.

Landwirtschaftskammern in Austria

The Landwirtschaftskammer, also "farmer chambers" mentioned, is the legal protection of interests of the farmers.

Landwirtschaftskammern exist in Austria in each of the nine Lands of the Federal Republic. They are established, but by Landesgesetze were created contrary to the chamber of economics and chamber for employees' welfare not federallegally. The controlling body of these nine chambers is an association, the "conference of president of the Landwirtschaftskammern of Austria" with seat in Vienna, which is a part the management and industry shank important in Austria. Members are the nine national agriculture chambers and the Austrian Raiffeisenverband.

Association chairman and therefore highest farmer representative are Rudolf

The national agriculture chambers are active apart from the law investigation and the protection of interests also in the consultation of their members. Chamber members are owners land and forest-economically used properties, which exceed a certain minimum size.

The first Landwirtschaftskammer was furnished 1922 in Lower Austria, the last 1957 in Vienna.

Landwirtschaftskammern in Germany

Landwirtschaftskammern are in the northern and western Lands of the Federal Republic solely responsible, public bodies, which represent the interests of their members. These are the members of the green occupations in such a way specified:

Farmer
Winegrower
Gardner
Horse landlord
Animal landlord
Forstwirt
District hunter
House manager
Dairy specialist
Milk-economical Laborant
Veterinary Laborant
Agricultural burner
Specialist agrarian service

By the transmission of sovereign tasks they are at the same time also agrarian administration. In the south and East German Lands of the Federal Republic there are no chambers; there the offices for agriculture take over the tasks.

Organization

Highest decision-making body is the main or plenary assembly. The members are selected democratically and take their mandate were honorary. They specify the guidelines for the tasks which can be settled. The chamber meeting selects the president. The president is a chairman of the general meeting and the main committee, he exercises the highest supervision of service.

The director of the Landwirtschaftskammer is simultaneous service superiors of the officials, employees and workers and civil servants of the respective Land of the Federal Republic.

The work of the Landwirtschaftskammern is financed over financial contributions of the respective Land of the Federal Republic for the transferred national tasks, membership dues of the agricultural enterprises, the reallocation in such a way specified and incomes from services.

Tasks

The tasks of the Landwirtschaftskammern cover promotion and support of the agriculture including forestry, garden, fruit and viticulture as well as Binnenfischerei within the ranges production engineering, marketing, training, consultation and research. The task spectrum is legally fixed and can into the following emphasis be combined:

The economy, which environmental compatibility and the consumer protection promote with the agricultural production and toward a surface-related and kind-fair animal husbandry work.
To accomplish the professional training as well as the occupation-referred further training of all in the agriculture transacting and to support the enterprises in their lasting development by consultation.
Advisory in questions of the paragraph of agricultural products to participate as well as the regional marketing to promote.
Additional production to open paragraph and Einkommenspotenziale in particular with regenerating raw materials and renewable energies.
The interests of a lasting agriculture and the special meaning of the agriculture for environmental, nature, to obtain animal and consumer protection into the society.

History

The establishment of the German Landwirtschaftskammern hands in 19. Century back. Because of the dismantling of import duties on cattle, wood and grain and world-wide grain sponges broke in proceeds for agricultural products. In order to promote and their work the national economy receive the domestic agriculture, the Prussian provinces the mechanism of Landwirtschaftskammern made possible. Progressive farmers promised themselves of it stronger weight in politics and public.

Starting from 1894 the first chambers were created. Gradually took over also the remaining German countries this idea. 1927 existed in all countries of the German Reich Landwirtschaftskammern as cooperative protection of interests of the profession.

During the National Socialist dictatorship the Landwirtschaftskammern were integrated into the realm feeding and and thus coordinated. After the war in all Lands of the Federal Republic again Landwirtschaftskammern were not furnished. In Bavaria and Baden-Wuerttemberg a direct national agrarian administration was developed. The Soviet zone of occupation received a national central administration without special rural agency. The hessian Landwirtschaftskammern were converted in the seventies into a national agrarian administration.