The paper presents an analysis of the impact of the EU enlargement in 2004 on the agricultural output and incomes of the EU Member States. The main aim of the study is to test the significance of difference of reaction to enlargement in three distinct groups of members, namely the st ‘old’...

The article presents the state of organic farming in the enlarged European Union (EU). It is important to emphasise the growing role of this kind of farming. In the period of years 1985-2006 the number of organic farms in the EU-27 member states has grown over 34 times and their area nearly 70...

The EU and the USA remain the largest exporters of agri-food products. Protection of the environment and production potential of the areas used for agriculture have long been of interest in the EU and the USA. The need to ensure the capacity of agriculture facing climate change increases the...

Foreign trade between Yaroslavl region and Poland is characterized by a monostructure of both exports and imports, with the volume of Russian exports exceeding that of imports. The volume of exports to Poland is characterized by a steady growth. The low volume of imports shows potential economic...

The accession of Poland to the European Union turned out to be beneficial for the Polish agriculture as well as for Polish food processing plants. On the contrary to the previous anxiety, the Polish market was not flooded with the merchandise from the European Union countries. Similarly, a mass...

State of implementation of sugar market reform in the EU and in Poland are presented. Desired effects in the form of reduction of sugar production are not satisfactory. Therefore raising compensation payments for giving up sugar beet cultivation are envisaged. / Synopsis. W pracy przedstawiono...

The article performed the analysis of organic farms linkage to market and their marketability. The possibility assessment of organic farming production system developing in Poland in aspect of worldwide development tendencies and RDP 2014-2020 was also conducted. Analysis was conducted using CSO...

Price relations between production inputs nad agricultural commodities were analyzed. The collected material proved that an unfavourable price relations for agriculture takes place. Favourable price relations were obserwed only in 1996 and 2004. At the first stage of integration with Europen...

CAP reform in 2003 including the reduction in subsidies to animal production and the essential changes in the Polish system of direct payments (payments attached to the surface of grasslands and fodder crops, depending on the livestock density in terms feed units per hectare of agricultural land...

The cereals are prevailing as a crop in the European Union member countries (EU-25). They cover more than 51 milion hectares, that is about 50% of arable land. Poland has the second place in the EU as far as the acreage of cereal production is concerned and third by the harvested grain crop...