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The area covered by protected areas in Poland amounts to 33,1% and this figure varies as far as single regions are concerned; the region with the highest percentage of areas covered by them is in the Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship 62 %. There are 72 municipalities in the Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship among which in 49 protected areas cover more than the half of the area. These areas are usually landscape...
In 2004, ten new member-states accessed to the European Union (including Poland and Hungary). Since January 2007, together with entry of two further member-states, the number of EU countries risen up to 27. All Member-states characterise different state of economic development, social, political and cultural environment. In every member-state private individuals, companies and other firms have to...
The study was conducted to identity information as aided factor on price risk management in chosen meat enterprises in the Wielkopolska Region. The data originate come from the survey conducted among 75 out of 274 meat enterprises active in Wielkopolska which fulfilled specific requirements. All enterprises were divided into three-size categories: small, medium and large according to their weekly...
The study at hand examines the assumption about the influence on the welfare situation of a particular commune that is carried out by the dynamics of NGO's activity of its territory. A statistical data set from about 1000 communes in Poland has been employed. Research method involves a Data Envelopment Analysis estimation of efficiency frontier. The results of efficiency measurement in the communes...
The panel of financial data from the biggest milling companies in Poland is used in the article. In the polish milling branch there is a lot of factors which exert influence on the productivity change of the companies, This factors are mentioned in the article. The approach which was used in the article is the DEA-based Malmquist productivity index. The index is a useful tool in economics. It can...
Data Envelopment Analysis is one of the quantitative methods in economics used more broadly during last years. This is nonparametric method which allows to make an estimation of the efficiency of the organization without having financial data. Authors decided to use this method for validation of the efficiency of the Polish wholesale markets. The National Development Program of the Wholesale Markets...
The aim of the paper is to present current dilemmas of placing of rural areas development in regional policy. Realization of this aim was possible through a review of literature and documents connected with regional policy. There were presented two discussed models of regional policy: model of equalization vs. the polarisation and diffusion model, the new paradigm of regional policy as well as a place...
Among liquid biofuels the most practical meaning has the biodiesel production from vegetable oil. The European Union has been introducing regulations that oblige fuel corporations to use admixture of biofuels in petrol and diesel fuel oil. That is why, the demand for the rapeseed oil is dynamically increasing. In order to cope with the market’s challenges, Poland must increase (almost twice) the acreage...
The objective of the paper was to assess the regional allocation of Polish Rural Development Program 2007-2013 using optimization approach. The actual allocation was compared with the result of a model simulation. Relatively small differences between the actual and model allocation show that the regional allocation performed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is relatively well tailored...
The article presents the results of the surveys on the shopping habits of the Polish consumers and their change in the past decade. It discusses trends in likings and habits of the Polish consumers. It identifies the transformation of the process of shopping for the fast-moving consumer goods and the changes in the opinions and in the purchasing preferences of the consumers from 2001 to 2010 according...
The paper discusses trends in dairy cows population and milk production in Poland in the period 2004-2009 and the further changes until the year 201S. The aim of the paper was to present the key factors of the success in possibilities of reducing the milk production costs in specialized farms in Poland. Costs of production of bulky feed had about S3%. The factors were the smallest cost of: services...
The aim of the paper is to display and compare two options strategies which may be applied in hedging currency risk. It considers Polish agri-food companies which export their products to Eurozone countries. Their functioning and profitability is affected by PLN/EUR exchange rate fluctuation. In the paper the applications of financial vanilla and exotic options in hedging currency risk are presented...
The paper is dedicated to the relationship of data aggregation level and variability of yields and prices of major crop plants. For that purpose yields and prices of the major crop plants in Poland are analysed i.e.: winter wheat, triticale, rye, barley, rape and sugar beet. The research are based on data from Polish FADN from years 2004-2009. The samples’ size ranged from S31 to 2893 for yields and...
The article analyses the regional and cohesion policy background for establishing the major instruments of EU regional policy for Eastern Poland, namely the Operational Programme Development of Eastern Poland for 2007-2013 and five Regional Operational Programmes for Warminsko-Mazurskie, Podlaskie, Lubelskie, Świętokrzyskie and Podkarpackie Voivodships. The discussion focuses on their role not only...
The study identifies consumer and household characteristics that determine the expenditure on fresh apples, the most important fruit in terms of volume consumed. Using data from the national household panel and applying the quantile regression five equations were estimated for households with the different income level and source. Low income households lower their expenditure on apples in response...
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