The main objective of the study was to evaluate the potential of investment attractiveness of rural areas in Poland. An attempt was made at setting up a hierarchy and grouping of municipalities and regions in Poland in terms of a synthetic index of attractiveness for investors. In addition, an...

Although many times the new values of rural category has been emphasized in the literature, rural areas show significant disadvantages in general. As a main reason, in Hungary - partly due to the political and economical transition - the role of agriculture in employment has been notably...

This paper aims to review the role of farm households and the agro-food sector in the economy of rural areas in Korea. It discusses definition of rural area, share of agricultural and agro-food sectors in Korean economy, the income situation of farm households and non-farming activities, and...

Different indicators and complex indexes can be used for ICT-level comparisons between countries. But usually just simple indicators are available for analyzing smaller territorial units within a country. By contrast, a multi-dimensional regional analysis allows to evaluate a given region in...

The paper addresses the issue of effective implementation of the information and communication technologies in rural areas with the special focus on the accessibility of regional information and big collections of data related to the location. Presented results comes from long term research at...

The article compares development prospects of rural areas within confines of the Common Agricultural Policy, looking at Mazovian province 2014-2020, and determining the most important difference between 2007-2013 PROW and 2014-2020 PROW. Comparisons indicate that new policies do not differ...

Operative instruments supporting the multifunctionality of agriculture. The influence of social capital on the economic and social development of the Czech countryside. Serbia at the gates of the European Union – comparative analysis. Rural population decline in the Visegrad Four countries and...

Demographic characteristics of the rural population: Age, Sex, Education, Economic activity. Socio-demographic characteristics of selected groups of the rural population: Outward migration, Farm managers, Persons pursuing non-agricultural activities in rural areas.

Theoretical grounds for the use of the public policies. Influence of global factors on the Polish food economy. Changes in the Polish agriculture after the accession to the EU. The effects of the CAP for the food industry. Agricultural land as a production factor for non-agricultural sectors of...

Factors behind marginalisation and competitiveness in the social and economic structure of Polish rural areas after the EU accession. Scope and consequences of differentiation of farm functions in regional perspective. Role of non-farming activities in shaping new structures in rural areas....