The paper is an attempt at evaluating the degree of accuracy of realization of the project: distance learning centres in rural areas financed from the European Social Fund in the frame of the priority II: Development of knowledge-based society, action 2.1.: Broadening the access to education –...

The problem of effective using of gated out budgetary funds in agrarian sector is discussed. An offer of development of a procedure which should consider potential productivity of each region and agricultural organization and promote a decrease of differences between enterprises and territories...

The aim of the paper is to present the influence of EU enlargement on food consumption level and on the raw agricultural products prices in Poland. The analysis of consumption level of selected food products asserts that trends have been continued since the 90s. and Polish accession to the EU...

The European Commission has already adopted or will in the future adopt the following acts influencing the market of plant protection products: 1) Thematic strategy on the sustainable use of pesticides; 2) Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for...

The relative weight of private forestry in the whole of Polish forestry sector is displayed, with respect to area and production. A recommended model of the private forestry organization is a producer association which would provide technical and commercial information to its members and...

Direct payments are one of the basic forms of support for agricultural income, which is used by 72-76% authorized farm households. Relation of number of applications to number of registered producers amounts to 80-85%. There is still a large number of farm households possessing above 1 ha of...

The modern stage of development of Byelorussian economy demands search of new solutions to old problems, especially with respect to agriculture. Despite of external well-being and measures taken for development of agriculture, the majority of enterprises can not effectively go on with production...

Development of companies in the food sector in Poland is related to creation of a brand- based competitive advantage. The aim of this study is a presentation of selected aspects of brand development basing on results of an investigation in 155 food companies. Brand development in the food sector...

Occurrence of land rent in agriculture of the EU is confirmed by the growing long-term trend of agricultural land prices. However, there is a question whether that rent is a differential one, linked with a different productivity of agricultural land, or absolute one in the classical sense, or an...

The paper attempts to contribute to the discussion of the agricultural support distribution in the framework of Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union. Author used European Commission statistics of direct payments to explore the distribution patterns across farm holdings in EU Member...