Agricultural policy in Slovakia is based in the requests of the European Union to support and develop ecological management of arable land with emphasis on conservation of biocultural values of the territory. Great emphasis is also laid on participation of local people in the developmental policies. The aim of this paper is to analyze the opinion of local people concerning the agricultural use of the territory of Nová Vieska; to assess the effect of anthropogenic activities in agricultural landscape over time and to provide knowledge about the phenomena necessary for forecasting of further development of the territory.