Agricultural holdings have a very important role for the sustainable socio-economic development. Contemporary, the farms` activity is mainly determined by the market mechanism. Market imposes rules on agricultural holdings` functioning, on both the type and the scale of agricultural activities,...

This publication has been prepared under the Multi-Annual 2015-2019 Programme "The Polish and the EU agricultures 2020+. Challenges, chances, threats, proposals", within the subject "Dilemmas of the development of sustainable agriculture in Poland", which involves three research tasks, as...

This monograph has been prepared under the Multi-Annual Programme 2015-2019 “The Polish and the EU agricultures 2020+. Challenges, chances, threats, proposals”, within the subject Dilemmas of the development of sustainable agriculture in Poland.Chapters: Classic and contemporary concept of...

This publication has been prepared under the Multi-Annual Programme within the subject The Competitiveness of Sustainable Agriculture, which involves three research tasks, as follows:(1) Alternative forms of agriculture in the strategy for the development of the agri-food sector and rural...

The idea of sustainable development, extended at the end of 20th century, takes the form of a strategic concept in the field of socio-economic development in many countries and their regional groupings. It is also being promoted by international organizations, considering the United Nations and...

Problems currently observed in Polish agriculture have different origins. Some of them have an historical background, while others are related to systemic transformation and forthcoming accession to the European Union. Most of the problems are common for all the candidate countries and most of...

The aim of the article is to outline the approach to developing a long-term strategy for sustainable development of agriculture in Poland. The author pre- sents the issues to be considered when pursuing such a strategy. It is limited to three issues: justification for agricultural transformation...