Did the Hungarian farmers give up on this animal?

Published 2024년 11월 5일

Tridge summary

Hungary is dedicated to the breeding of horses primarily for sports, tourism, and traditional activities, with a focus on producing horses for specific equestrian disciplines. The industry attracts a large number of young people due to vocational training and higher education opportunities. However, the sector needs improvement in education to meet labor market demands. The most popular horse breeding discipline is show jumping, with Hungarian and foreign breeds dominating. There's potential for environmental applications in forestry. Despite horse meat being a healthy and tasty alternative to beef, it is not commonly consumed in Hungary due to a lack of cultural tradition. However, the country is involved in the slaughter horse trade, exporting horses, especially in high-quality and well-trained ones can command a high price. The National Association of Hungarian Horse Breeders is advancing IT development, including a horse search engine to provide pedigree horse data from the National Food Chain Safety Office.
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Original content

In Hungary, horses are mainly used in connection with sports, hobbies, tourism and traditional activities. For the most part, the breeders select a particular equestrian sport as a breeding goal, such as show jumping, dressage, horse riding, and gear driving. In vocational training and higher education, professions related to horse breeding are popular among young people. At the same time, I think that there is still something to improve on the education side in order for the horse breeding sector to be able to hire so many professionals on the labor market - Tibor István Pap emphasized. The specialist also explained that the most popular discipline is show jumping, where the Hungarian Sport Horse and foreign sport horse breeds dominate. Hungarian breeds are also very popular in other disciplines and leisure disciplines, among hobby riders and traditionalists. This segment is also strengthened by the application system supporting the breeding of indigenous varieties. For example, ...
Source: Agronaplo

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