The following text analyzes the status and prospects for rapeseed production in Poland and Ukraine. On the last ten years either countries – Poland and Ukraine there was an increase in the production of rapeseed. In Poland most of rapeseed is used for domestic consumption, while in Ukraine...

The paper presents a proposal of the synthetic index used to assess the level of advancement in terms of logistics solutions. Index was built on the basis of data obtained from a survey of 511 Polish enterprises of food processing in 2010-2011. Fundamental descriptive characteristics for index...

Synopsis. Analiza potrzeb żywieniowych poszczególnych gatunków zwierząt gospodarskich uwidacznia problemy z zaspokojeniem zapotrzebowania na białko paszowe, zwłaszcza w chowie trzody chlewnej i w produkcji drobiarskiej. Biorąc pod uwagę tendencje rozwojowe w sektorze zwierzęcym oraz w...

The paper presents changes in the international oilseeds market during the period of genetically modified varieties dissemination. Despite differing countries’ regulations the international oilseeds market grew rapidly. There was found weakening causal relationships between European oilseed...

Issues of bioethanol from sugarcane produced in Brazil were presented, in particular production volume in the period 2009-2012 and forecast for 2013 year on the background of the largest economies in the world, and Poland. Brazil is the world's second largest producer of ethanol fuel after USA....

The article describes the changes that have taken place in the domestic and global rapeseed market in the first years after the Polish accession to the EU (2004-2007) and subsequent years (2008-2012), compared with the period before accession (2000-2003). The assessment of these changes were...

The paper constitutes an attempt at modelling the joint distribution of crop plant yields and prices in Poland. The main objective of the paper was to examine the usefulness of the copula function for the task and the selection of suitable marginal distributions. The fit of a joint distribution...

The area of orchards is increasing in Poland systematically since 1990. The most important horticulture development factors are: knowledge and skills of growers, proper selection of crop varieties and selection of optimal market needs. The aim of this paper is to assess the development of Polish...

The paper concerns current situation and major changes on the world market of apples and concentrated apple juice over the period of 2002-2012. Largest producers, exporters and importers were described, with particular focus on new market players that are of growing importance as regards the...

Biogas plants utilizing agricultural feedstock are one of the technologies generating energy from renewable sources. Energy production from biogas enables Poland to meet the National Indicator Target mandate and the obligations resulting from the Climate and Energy Agreement. The Agreement...