This publication has been prepared under the Multi-Annual 2015-2019 Programme "The Polish and the EU agricultures 2020+. Challenges, chances, threats, proposals", within the subject "Dilemmas of the development of sustainable agriculture in Poland", which involves three research tasks, as...

Growing environmental and climate problems are forcing the search for effective solutions to economic activity, including agriculture. The popularization of relevant production practices and techniques is of great importance in this regard. The direction of European agriculture is of particular...

One of the priority European Union objectives are activities to reduce the climate change. Its implementation requires the creation of a low carbon economy. The main instrument for this purpose is the climate and energy policy, which is based on reducing greenhouse gas emissions while ensuring...

This paper presents the issue of productivity and profitability of agricultural holdings. It particularly focuses on selected sustainable farms' groups that provide environmental benefits. The following groups of farms were analysed: ecological, agri-environmental, Norfolk and sustainable. Farms...

The issue of ecosystem services is a relatively new concept in economic theory. This is the concept considered problematic, due to the difficulty of defining the benefits provided to people by ecosystems and their measurement and valuation. Some of these services are strongly associated with...