Improving the eco-efficiency of food systems is one of the major global challenges faced by the modern world. Short food supply chains (SFSCs) are commonly regarded to be less harmful to the environment, among various reasons, due to their organizational distribution and thus the shortened...

This monograph was prepared under the task Financial and fiscal factors in the improvement of efficiency, sustainability and competitiveness of the Polish agriculture, in the topic Subsidies versus economics, finances and incomes of farms. Chapters: Subsidies for the agricultural development –...

The paper aimed at ex-post analysis of impact of subsides on the economic situation of farms, with special emphasis on the impact of direct payments. Chapters: Mechanisms and effects of agricultural subsidies – a theoretical Depiction. Impact of the CAP reforms on income volatility and income...

The study attempted to assess the importance of agriculture in the process of renewable energy development in Poland and the EU. It was pointed out that, despite the large production potential, the share of agriculture in the production of renewable energy is relatively small in many countries,...

The paper attempts at assessment of usefulness of the index-based insurance of gross margin compared to traditional production insurances. The analysis used FADN data and was limited to the example of winter wheat. The conducted simulations showed that the category of gross margin is...

The main objective of this book is to present relationship between subsidies and performance of Polish farms. Authors analysed the CAP reform proposal and using programming and regression models explored the probable impact of its implementation on the Polish agricultural holdings