The use of borrowed capital in Latvian agricultural holdings of different economic size and type of farming is analyzed, as well as a comparative analysis with Polish agricultural holdings is performed, defining essential specificities of financing activities with equity or loan in each state....

Price linkages between the Polish and foreign markets of grains and pork were investigated in the paper. The analysis indicates a decrease in price differences between the Polish and the EU markets and their increase between the Polish and the US markets. Causality tests and VAR models indicate...

The evaluation of technical efficiency of production has been a major issue of interest for economists since the 1950's. One of useful methods in that respect is Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) which facilitates estimation of production efficiency based on results obtained by a specific set of...

The aim of this study is an analysis of the equipment in productive factors in the new regions against the background of regions in the old EU countries, and also an analysis of equipment in labour force, land and capital depending on the economic size of a farm. The analysis indicated that the...

The paper estimates the effects of public payments in agriculture on employment in two ways. A partial analysis of FADN-data concentrating on the agricultural sector shows a preservation of 45,000 to 57,000 jobs for the year 2004 in agriculture because of public payments but without taking into...

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Mas alla de la produccion de alimentos y materias primas, la agricultura contribuye en muchas zonas rurales a la conservacion de la biodiversidad, del paisaje y del patrimonio cultural, siendo objectivo de creciente atencion por parte de las politicas agricolas y de desarrollo rural de la UE....