Multivariate methods for analysis of the production and economic results in agricultural holdings in the EU countries are presented. Three methods were used: principal components analysis, cluster analysis and k-means method. The data base concerned 25 countries in the period of 1989- 2006. /...

The aim of paper was to show the challenges which arise in the EU market for Polish exporters of agricultural and food products. Results of survey executed among 30 exporters from Warmińsko-Mazurskie region are presented. The EU market is very important for Polish exporters which is confirmed...

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...

Agriculture has always been exposed to a wide spectrum of risks. But it is largely undisputed that farmers have faced growing risks in recent years. More volatile agricultural and input prices, climate change, ongoing discussions about the future of the Common Agricultural Policy, increasing...

The aim of the paper was to analyse spatial price transmission in the wheat market in Poland and Germany. The analysis was conducted with the use of weekly milling and feed wheat price series and cointegration framework. The results confirm high linkage between prices in Poland and Germany as...

The main objective of this article is to evaluate the agriculture diversification in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and eastern Germany based on selected characteristics of production potential.. The NUTS 2 level was adopted for the analysis. Agriculture diversification was examined using the...

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...

Let us consider a problem of valuation of agricultural real estate. It is important to properly indentify their market value, which is determined by many factors. A detailed set of data on the properties that were the subject of the transaction is needed to accomplish this task. It is quite...

Ensuring high quality and food safety has become one of the priorities of the Common Agricultural Policy both at the European Union and individual countries within it, including Poland. Therefore, in the Rural Development Programme for 2007–2013 has been proposed in Measure 132 to a special...

Relative cross-country price volatility increases business risk and distorts efficient sector-level investment allocation. In order to answer the questions of “if” and “how” market structures affect relative price volatility, and using annual data from 14 manufacturing branches in 27 EU...