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After Poland’s accession to the EU, it turned out that the threats are smaller than forecasted and our food producers efficiently take advantage of the opportunities resulting from the opening of a large and wealthy European food market. Polish food economy is well-prepared to operate within the Common European Market.Mutual full opening of markets was not a hindrance to the development of the Polish...
The paper addresses the problem of the purposefulness of using statistical and mathematical methods in the analysis of production, costs and gross margins. The research shows that the application of variance analysis may increase the level of reliability of conclusions, it does not, however, question most conclusions based on the analysis of table lists. The selection of detailed tests should take...
On the basis of literature, the paper describes changes observed in Polish agriculture in 2004 and the following years, against the background of the situation in previous years. On the grounds of the above, eight theses have been formulated: on doubling agricultural income, on years needed for reestablishing economical balance disturbed by change of conditions, on increase of property size and modernization...
The study presents an analysis of factors influencing the selection, strengthening and consolidation of good economic relations in the European food chains. Four basic types of economic relations have been established, taking the form of transactions and type of management as the main criteria. These include: spot markets, repeated market transactions with the same supplier-recipient, formal written...
Financial efficiency is one of the basic categories used to describe the state, functioning and development possibilities of various types of organizations. The essence of the financial efficiency, content and tools evolve constantly. The same goes for agriculture. Although this sector still observes the domination of classic accounting measures and ratios, describing past accomplishments not linked...
Food market is a specific market segment - very sensitive to the influence of different factors, both economic and environmental. The article's thesis is that demand constitutes a crucial factor in organizing the market, as its development is closely connected to the general macroeconomic situation in the economy. This paper aims at showing the changes in food demand caused by the dynamic economic...
Some possible scenarios of Polish agri-food trade development until 2015 were presented in the paper. Global Trade Analysis Project (GtaP), the computable general equilibrium model was used in the research. Simulation-based analysis was carried out in four variants differing in the level of the reduction of customs tariffs and referring respectively to: the position of the european commission of 28...
Based on farm panel data we empirically investigate the determinants of Polish farm households’ flexibility from 1994 to 2001. we focus on scale flexibility (adjustment in production volume) and scope flexibility (adjustment in product mix). the findings of our fixed-effects regression provide evidence that smaller farms are more flexible, both with regard to scale and scope of production. Farms with...
The industrial agriculture model faces a great deal of criticism nowadays, most of all because of its external effects. Also its driving forces run out. This model is replaced by the sustainable agriculture model, which takes account of the limitations of natural resources, external costs and public good as well as social and economic objectives. Development of agriculture according to the sustainable...
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