The paper attempts to contribute to the discussion of the agricultural support distribution in the framework of Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union. Author used European Commission statistics of direct payments to explore the distribution patterns across farm holdings in EU Member...

The aim of this article was to show the best experiences of agri-environmental programme in the EU countries with particular regard paid to the agri-environmental programme which was realized in Poland in years 2004-2006. The data were taken from the Agency for Agriculture Restructuring and...

The paper presents main results of a surveying 161 tenants whose opinions concerned advantages and disadvantages of renting an agricultural property as well as their motivations for renting agricultural real property from the Agency of Agricultural Real Property and other sources in the province...

This paper addresses the question of distribution of support from the EU budget and the national budget to agricultural holders in Mazovia region in comparison with Poland as a whole. In the first main section, the characteristics of the agricultural sector in the region, using main sectoral...

The aim of this article is to indicate problems connected with the process of building a traditional food products market. Special attention is paid to its weakness ensuing from its small capacity caused by poor knowledge of traditional products among Polish consumers. On the other hand the...

The paper deals with the future of the EU Common Agricultural Policy. The New Financial Perspective (2007-2013) is being discussed. The paper is supplemented by analysis of the impact of the 2003 reform on the most important markets. Final part of the paper deals with a presentation of...

The European Union policy is more and more based on the sustainable development strategy which harmonizes the economic, social and ecological aspects of development. The key role of environmental protection in the sustainable development arises from the impact of environmental issues on the...

The paper discusses Polish farmers' needs in the scope of different forms of institutional support under the circumstances of new opportunities for agriculture after Polish accession to the European Union. Spatial range of investigations covers a macro-region with small scale farming. Analysis...

Poland’s accession to the EU led to rapid adjustments in the Polish food sector. Opening the enormous common European market, with over 450 million consumers, forced the processing industry to face an extreme competition, while creating at the same time an increased outlet opportunity. Customs...

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...