Price linkages between the Polish and foreign markets of grains and pork were investigated in the paper. The analysis indicates a decrease in price differences between the Polish and the EU markets and their increase between the Polish and the US markets. Causality tests and VAR models indicate...

An attempt is made of an assessment of the influence of sugar industry regulations in the EU on the Polish sugar industry. The analysis is based on statistical data concerning production and financial results as well as the legal framework concerning the sugar sector. The CAP reform has had both...

The aim of this research was a presentation of the financial liquidity in the sector of agricultural farms in Poland and a comparison to these in the European Union. Data from the FADN database was mainly used. It enabled an analysis of the problem by country in the European Union in years...

The influence of accession to the EU on the development of foreign trade in fruit, vegetables and their preserves in Poland is presented in the paper. The impact of larger exports and imports on the tendencies in production of fresh and processed horticultural products was also analysed as well...

The article is concentrated on the ways of development of Polish horticulture and is based on both traditional and new sources of data. The individual horticultural specialisations were divided depending on the height and changes of standard gross margin. These production directions which have...

The purpose of this paper is an attempt of showing the role of qualitative features of labour resources as a factor which diversifies the level of strawberry harvesting productivity. Such features as age and sex of pickers, total number of picking days, age of plantation and harvest date and...

An analysis based on empirical data for the period 1999-2008 presents the Polish foreign trade in grains and cereal products. Poland is a net importer of grains and a net exporter of highly processed cereal products. The balance of trade in these products is ameliorating for Poland. / Synopsis....

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...

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 paper aims to present how the plant breeding financing system in Poland was changing before and after accession to the EU. Before 2004 the plant breeding in Poland was financed from grants from the state budget. Subsidies covered about 71% of breeding costs in 1996, which then decreased to...