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...

This paper analyses the competitiveness of fruit and vegetable producers. Research was carried out as an attempt to identify the variables that determine companies’ ability to achieve a competitive advantage. The results of qualitative research are presented in the paper. Interdependence of...

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...

The food industry is one of the low technology sectors. This does not change the fact that it has the largest share of industrial production in Poland. This in turn follows from the fact that the national economy consists for the largest part of low technology production which is typical for...

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...

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...

The aim of this paper is to determine the scale of diversification of provinces in Poland. The investigated time interval is years 2001 to 2007. The research covers 19 variables that allow for grouping voivodeships in homogenous clusters. The analysis was conducted using the k means method. /...