The paper presents main issues in managing implementation of the cross-compliance requirements on the microeconomic level, i.e. in an agricultural holding. Important areas of requirements that were introduced within the cross-compliance mechanism in 2004 are discussed. Cross-compliance means the...

The paper presents partial results of empirical research conducted in three Polish provinces: Łódzkie, Małopolskie and Opolskie on a sample of 60 agricultural holdings which differ in terms of economic size. The study was conducted by interviewing managers of individual farms. Most of the...

In the article the main tendencies of the development of agricultural formations in Ukraine are generalized. Types and groups of agricultural holdings are given. The system of management and the peculiarities in the functioning of some of the biggest agricultural holdings in Ukraine are...

The aim of this paper is to assess the potential for production, economic and financial results of individual agricultural holdings in Wielkopolska and Śląsk FADN region when taking their economic size into consideration. The analysis shows that bigger holdings achieve definitely better...

Multi-dimensional statistical analysis of the production and economic results recorded by the agricultural holdings in the EU countries in 2005 is conducted in the paper. Cluster analysis has been used. As a result of grouping five homogeneous clusters of holdings in the EU countries have been...

The aim of the paper is a comparison of production and economic results of two groups of agricultural holdings and a presentation of the role of EU subsidizing in shaping agricultural incomes of farms located in different environmental conditions. This analysis covers 9.6 thousand of...

The paper characterized the Polish farmers' relations with banks with regard to the new opportunities for agriculture after accession to the European Union. Spatially the investigations covered the macro-region with small agricultural holdings. The main aim of the analysis was to determine the...

The paper examines the impact of development of agricultural sector on performance of the cooperative banks in Poland in years 1997-2004. The levels of the agricultural development and the economic/financial situation of the banks were assessed by using country-level and regional-level aggregate...