An increased volatility of agricultural products' prices, observed in recent years, has caused a greater exposure of market participants to the market risk. The main goal of this article is to estimate the volatility of price returns in the grain legumes grown in Poland and the ground soybean...

Observed increased volatility of world commodity prices causes an increase of risk exposure. Thus market participants can not achieve the desired value of their goal function. The aim of this research was an assessment of wheat prices volatility in selected EU member states. Results of the...

The processes of economic globalization and liberalization of international trade cause an exposure of the agricultural producers activities to increasing risk, including that related to price volatility. This requires development and implementation of a wider range of risk management...

An increasing importance of grain quality in the world cereal markets, especially in the European Union, is observed. An appropriate application of pesticides enables to obtain a high yield of good quality. The aim of the study was an estimation of plant protection costs and of the profitability...

In recent years, the possibility of increasing production of legumes, whose area of cultivation has decreased, is being considered. It has been influenced by the yield variability which adversely affected the profitability of these plants cultivation. This paper attempts to assess the risk in...

The aim of this article is to present the situation of the milk and dairy products market in the EU countries and in the countries which are the world’s major milk producers in view of changes caused by the potential liberalisation of the global milk trade. The volume of trade in milk and...

The paper presents the brief information, based on literature, about the organic production of fruits in the world and in Poland. In order to assess the situation on the organic fruit market comparative analysis of the prices of apples and strawberries were presented. In the study the prices of...

During last eight years a lot of positive changes in the raw material base of Polish dairy industry has occurred. These changes concern the growth of milk production with the simultaneous reduction in the cow stock. In both analyzed periods of years 2000-2003 and 2004-2007 the milk purchase...

The aim of the study was to determine the specificity of the agricultural land market in Poland compared to the European market in terms of what stimulates and what restrict its development. The results of the analysis confirmed that the Polish accession to the European Union is one of the main...

Cocoa belongs to the group of one of the most valuable commodities in the world. Most production of cocoa beans takes place in the African countries in the Equatorial “Cocoa Belt”. However, most processing of raw products is made in Western European countries. Poland is a substantial...