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During the last decade 80% of municipalities in Pest county recorded population growth – of whicha significant part is as a result of people moving out from Budapest (KSH, 2009). Accordingly, areas in thevicinity of Budapest face high levels of urban sprawl. This has significantly contributed to the transition of farmsystems in this periurban area, which in the Hungarian post communism context was and still is a challengingissue and has led to several socio-economic and environmental problems. Based on an in-depth analysis of thetransformations of the agricultural production system and its environment (markets, institutions, policies andsocial changes) in the LAU13 area of Veresegyház, this paper identifies the conditions required to develop andmaintain farm systems in periurban areas in a sustainable fashion.
