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...

The proposals concerning the CAP 2014-2020, presented by the European Commission in 2011, suggest that the nature of this policy will not be substantially altered. This implies that the CAP still will not offer sufficiently efficient and effective instruments supporting structural changes in the...

The main objective of the research was to present the impact of global financial crisis on the condition of the U.S. and Polish agriculture. Despite many difficulties these sectors seem to be more resilient to the unfavourable financial phenomena than the other branches of both economies. /...

The purpose of the research was to analyse functioning of the fresh fruit market in Poland on the example of Grójec region, which is the main area of fruit production in the country, especially in the case of apple. The collected data showed that the sale of fresh fruit through intermediaries...

Economical results of farms of three types of farming (TF13 – field crops, TF41 – diary farms, TF50 – grainvores livestock) in selected EU member states in 2004 were analysed basing on FADN data. The research was done for three classes of biggest economic size. Usually the bigger the...

Swine breeding is a branch of agriculture with high level of development and traditional in Belarus. The problem of basic directions in development of swine breeding is examined in the paper. In conclusion the main reserves for growth of the economic efficiency of pork production are found in...

The aim of the paper was the attempt to assess the pork prices linkage between Polish, Danish and German markets. The research was based on monthly average pork price notations between January 1995 and May 2007. The analysis indicates that both short-term and long-term relationships between...

Poland’s accession to the EU led to rapid adjustments in the Polish food sector. Opening the enormous common European market, with over 450 million consumers, forced the processing industry to face an extreme competition, while creating at the same time an increased outlet opportunity. Customs...

The awareness of animal welfare and animal well-being is growing all over Europe and the world. The concerns are related to the applied policy regimes, economic sustainability of the production methods, food quality and safety, consumers’ health and behaviour and their willingness to pay for...

Livestock plays an important role in food supplying. However, this industry is today in Ukraine in a difficult situation. A gradual reduction of livestock numbers affected both the output and the changes in the structure and range of livestock production. In recent years, there has been a...