The purpose of the article was comparing diverse resources of production factors in farming and displaying relations between them, as well as the effectiveness of their exploitation in agricultural regions of the European Union (EU-25). An average arable farm was analyzed in 122 regions,...

General information about Polish agri-food trade with six selected EU-15 countries after Polish accession is presented. Number of population in the chosen countries is similar and they have a high developed agriculture. The trade with these countries has a different turnover volume, value,...

The problem of evaluation of Polish food processing industry in the light of general economic tendencies in period 2006-2010 was undertaken in the article. The main part presents an assessment of the financial crisis impact in the analyzed period. The findings are based on an analysis of changes...

Nowadays, a key element in the economic life of nations is the state interventions in market mechanisms. An attempt was made to define the degree to which the level of financial support influences changes as regards resources, organizational structure, production and financial performance of...

The paper discusses selected aspects of vegetable oils production competitiveness in a global context. Three major vegetable oils (palm, soybean, rapeseed) were analyzed. Their raw material was discussed in the terms of crop yield, oil and meal content as well as meal and oil yields. The levels...

The volume of international trade and the share of foreign capital in companies as well as their dynamics in 2005 and 2010 have been analysed. It enabled a verification of the hypotheses on changes, forms and levels of internationalisation. The process of internationalisation depends on the size...

Milk quotas are a basic tool of the dairy market regime regulation in the EU. An abolishment of the quotas in 2015 will trigger considerable but positive changes in the market conditions. Limitation of supply, which in fact is a very strong intervention in the market fundamentals, has a negative...

Influence of the Polish integration with the European Union on the economic situation of sheep breeding farms is presented. The research data used in the article were taken from publications by GUS, IERiGŻ-PIB and directly from farms in the Podlasie region. The predominating product from sheep...

This paper makes an analysis of changes in both level and structure of rural production in Poland and in other EU countries. An author compared the year 2011 and 2004. An analysis showed that changes in Polish agriculture have the same direction like in EU. In surveyed period the growth of...

On the sugar market exists strong international competitiveness. In the European Union sugar industry is the part of the basic branches agricultural processing industry. From the beginning of European Union until the end of the last century all members were the main world sugar producers. During...