The area covered by protected areas in Poland amounts to 33.1%, The region with the highest percentage of areas covered by them is in the świętokrzyskie province – 62%. There are 72 municipalities in the świętokrzyskie province among which in 49 protected areas cover more than the half of...

Aim of this paper and research was to explain concepts and effects of innovative activities and types of incorporated innovations in food industry companies. Author would like to present relationship between theoretical assumptions proposed in the literature of subject and results achieved by...

The image of rural entrepreneurship is dominated by micro companies, which very often are not innovative, stagnant in their development, focused on survival. A large share of them belongs to a gray zone. Policies supporting entrepreneurship development should aim to change gradually the current...

Regional development programs according to National Strategy for Regional Development 2010-2020 heading to rising competitive on the basis internal potential of biomass – it’s the matter in the paper. There are show the utilization of the biomass from the agriculture to the energetic aims....

In 2010, the CSO has altered the definition of a farm. As a result of this change, there are some research problems, arising from a significant decrease in the number of farms that meet the new definition. One of them is the impact of this decline on the regional differentiation of economic size...

The paper presents main appearances of economic activity of rural inhabitants. The analysis was made because of project of changes in the system of direct payments proposed by the European Parliament and European Commission relying on introduction of definition of active and virtual farmer. The...

Celem badań była konceptualizacja zrównoważonego rolnictwa w Polsce. Przedstawiono koncepcję zrównoważonego rozwoju, wskazując jego różne wymiary. Punktem wyjścia do rozważań było wykazanie zależności między zrównoważonym rozwojem i zrównoważonym rolnictwem. Zastosowano...

It is frequently mentioned that during economic crisis one of the key elements of strengthening SMEs is permanent renewal and capability of innovation. However, only some businesses are able to carry out classical product/service innovation (Schumpeter). We are of the opinion that observing the...