The differentiation of farms’ activity according to production direction and land area was analyzed. Farms whose owners had alternative incomes from breeding ostrich and fallow deers were analyzed. Particular attention was paid to farms’ area and economic results. Moreover, correlation...

Aim of this paper is to present the processes of land ownership concentration and intensification of cultivation in conventional agriculture on the environment in the West Pomeranian region. The result of research work is to show that the land ownership concentration process, escalating in...

The article presents an analysis of the structure of inputs, production and financial results in the economic size groups in a sample of farms from FADN 2004-2008. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the commercial farms management, depending on their economic size. /...

The land communities are one of the forms of group farming. They include agricultural, forest and water lands. Their nature lets the farmers make use of common land just because they live in a certain area. The current rules of their organization were established in the 60ies and since then have...

A justification of using the good governance rule in the policy of less favoured areas (LFAs) development was presented. Using typology of farming systems for increasing efficiency of public governance in the LFAs development was discussed. This approach allows a flexible implementation of...

A high rate of development of horticultural production under cover was observed in Poland since 1993. However, economists were anxious about its future after our integration with the UE and the abolishment of tariff walls. The aim of the study was to verify those opinions. The changes in the...

Changes of land prices in years 2004 through 2009 are presented. The aim of this article was to study the relations between the location of farm and the land price. The scope of the study includes 16 voivodeships of Poland. The study applies to farms with area of 50 hectare and more. Moran...

This work presents the current state and changes in flower bulbs’ production in Poland and in selected EU member states, as well as prospects for its further development. The analyses concern the changes in flower bulbs’ production area in respective countries, the changes in the farms’...

The aim of the paper is to present and analyse the most important undertakings in the sphere of market creation for the renewable energy produced in Poland from agricultural products. The demand for such energy is created as a result of legal regulations, which obligate the energy sector...

The aim of this study was to investigate the spatial relationships occurring between the price of agricultural land and its quality as well as other factors determining the productivity and the economic value of property. The paper uses multivariate regression analysis of spatial autocorrelation...