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This paper makes a comparative analysis of agricultural fi nancial systems in Poland and Azerbaijan. Poland as a member the of EU has developed its system under Common Agricultural Policy of the EU and so-called domestic support. The system is consisted of fi nancial intermediaries, state agencies (ARMA, AMA), instruments (preferential credits, and subsidies) and regulations. In comparison, Azerbaijan’s...
The article presents the assessment of the changes in the system of direct payments as an instrument of the EU Common Agricultural Policy in the new fi nancial perspective for 2014–2020. The level of fi nancing under the Common Agricultural Policy in historical context was described as well as the level of spendings on direct payments was stated. The changes in the payment system were reviewed by...
The objective of the paper is to present the development of organic farming in the USA. The development of organic farming is closely linked to the sustainable theory development with economic, social and environmental goals. The aim of organic farming is to produce using a sustainable balance of natural resources. Equally important is production based on organic methods that do not use chemical fertilizers...
This paper focuses on the analysis of some certain aspects of economic development of rural areas in EU Member States during 2000–2012 and aims to defi ne its main tendencies. The synthetic indicator, constructed on the basis of the primary variables, such as GDP per capita, cereal yield, livestock production index and agriculture value added per worker, has been used to evaluate rural economic development...
This article includes results of questionnaire surveys concerning behaviour of the consumers – representing Generation Y – in the process of purchase decisions concerning innovative food products. The aim of this thesis is to identify the ways of perception of innovations on the food market by a consumer of Generation Y. Conducted questionnaire surveys shows that young consumers, in a very different...
Entrepreneurship, perceived as the fourth production factor, contributes to the growth and development of economies. In rural areas, business activity can be pursued in many fi elds, although most are to some extent connected with farming and farmsteads. Agritourism is the type of a non-farm business activity that has been gaining popularity over the recent years. The objective of this paper has been...
Art market in post-communist Poland has been developing for 25 years now although it has been still small with total turnover in 2012 estimated as 0.2% of the world sales of artworks. Therefore the aim of the research is to describe the present state of the art market in Poland and to evaluate prices of paintings produced by 11 Polish artists whose artworks were traded the most often in years 2007–2010...
This article describes smart specialisation, a new mechanism for stimulating economic development in regions and EU member states. The aim of the article is to present theoretical assumptions behind this notion in the context of regional policy. The article, by critically analysing the research literature, describes the creation process of smart specialisation and attempts at identifying the potential...
Variability of apple prices on Warsaw market at three levels of the market chain – the producer price of industrial apples and the producer and retail prices of the dessert apples were investigated. In order to assess their mutual connections a comparative vertical and horizontal analysis of changes on the above mentioned markets was performed. The direction and dynamics of price changes were analysed...
The article determines changes in agriculture productivity of individual Polish voivodeships in 2005–2012 based on the Malmquist Productivity Index. The model features the following variables: one effect (value of purchased agricultural products) and fi ve inputs (area of agricultural land, number of people employed in agriculture, use of fertilizers, number of tractors, livestock). The study indicated...
The article contains the results of research carried out in 2011–2012 among the three groups of respondents, i.e. industrial enterprises, science and business environment. The cognitive aim of the study is to present barriers and intensity ratings of their occurrence in the development of corporate innovativeness in Greater Poland and future plans for the growth of innovation. The functional objective...
The work reports an application of standardised sums to assess the social and economic development of some counties in Mazovia Voivodeship in the year 2012. A total of 37 counties, belonging to 5 subregions according to the NUTS-3 classifi cation, were included in the study. They represent the following subregions: Ciechanów-Płock, Ostrołęka- -Siedlce, Radom, Warsaw East and Warsaw West. County towns/cities...
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