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The paper reviews the concept of sustainable agriculture, indicating its various dimensions. The similarities between sustainable development and sustainable agriculture are demonstrated. The fundamental objective of the paper is to conceptualize sustainable agriculture in Poland. The paper raises several essential issues concerning the lack of such studies in the past and proposes research objectives...
In 2004, eight Central and Eastern European countries joined the European Union. Their agriculture was significantly behind the majority of the 15 former EU member countries both from technical and productivity perspectives. In the common market the competitiveness of products and producers is a key factor. One important factor of competitiveness is labour productivity, which can be divided into partial...
The article presents an example of applying multidimensional statistical methods in the ranking of provinces in terms of the amount of funds received from the selected programs implemented under the Rural Development Programme (RDP).The purpose of this paper is to build the ranking and specify the homogeneous groups of provinces in regard to the analysed attributes. On the basis of volatility analysis...
The goal of the research was to present the role of investing in the agribusiness value chain as a factor impacting the change in the share of agriculture in GDP and, secondly, to show the dependencies between the share of the agricultural sector in GDP and the level of GDP per capita. In the article the authors drew attention to a potentially conflicting issue connected with the development of agriculture...
The present paper analyses the issues of asset supply in Hungarian agricultural enterprises. The results of empirical research carried out into specialized field crop farms have revealed a number of anomalies. By analyzing the indicators which describe asset supply, a substantial capacity surplus and capacity shortage existing paralelly was observed in Hungarian agriculture. Most small farms were...
The paper presents the process of cross-compliance implementation in Poland. The definition of the process as well as its components are discussed with the use of an example of the cross-compliance mechanism. This mechanism is shown at the macroeconomic level (country level) and the microeconomic level (on a farm), as well as the role of FAS bodies in the process of farm adaptation. Empirical studies...
In the article, a brief review is presented of the definition of meteorological and agricultural droughts, drought indices and the operational systems of monitoring droughts in Poland. Drought is a widespread and frequent disaster which occurs more often within humid climate zones. Meteorological drought is the result of deficiencies in precipitation. Agricultural drought is an effect of various characteristics...
This paper presents the main trends in rural development in Ukraine. Attention is particularly paid to the agriculture as the main economic activity in rural areas. The authors of this paper also analyze the characteristics of distribution of agricultural land, the structure of agricultural production, as well as the structure of total household resources. The main demographic trends are shown concerning...
The paper describes basic determinants of the medical plant cultivation in Polish agriculture. The author discussed economic background of the introduction of these plants indicating the role of pharmaceutical industry in herb usage. Then, there is a presentation of results of the survey study carried out among farmers from the Wielkopolska region. Approximately 10% of the farms cultivate medicinal...
The aim of this study was to determine the level of outlays on investments farms specializing in milk production depending on the scale of dairy cows breeding. The research involves agricultural holdings in Poland covered by FADN system in 2004–2009, in which the value of milk production in the total output was more than 60%. Studies have shown proportional relationship between the size of outlays...
The paper analyzes legal regulations and statistical data on a lease and assesses their infl uence on structural changes in agriculture. Next, it presents the issue of lease in the context of the theory of institutional economics (in the framework of old and new institutional economics). The research has proved that a lease is an effective instrument of structural changes in the Polish village helping...
The primary goal of the paper is to state the financial benchmark values for liquidity ratios in Slovak agriculture. Authors measured liquidity with current ratio, quick ratio and cash ratio which are the traditional way of liquidity measurement. Using descriptive statistics authors describe the liquidity performance of more than 1,100 enterprises in each period in 2004–2011. Based on the results...
The world we live in has witnessed some drastic environmental imbalance in recent times. These imbalances have threatened sustainable development- which is the ultimate goal of man-environment relationship. This paper reviews the causes and effects of climate change on man and his environment with a view to using science education to solve the problems posed by climate change. Literature shows that...
Slurry, due to high microbiological contamination, requires hygienization before spreading. The agricultural usage of treated slurry has to guarantee biosafety. Therefore, constant monitoring of the slurry treatment process should be conducted. The use of Filter-Sandwich carriers seems to be a prospective solution. The aim of the research was to test whether Filter-Sandwich carriers influence the...
The peculiarities and determinants, basics and special ways for elaboration and strategy development of farms have been considered in the paper. The necessity for economic, marketing and social criteria when choosing the strategy have been presented. On the basis of SWOT analysis the strategies for farm development taking into account their type and size have been offered: dynamic, existence on the...
This paper explores the theoretical justifications for public expenditures to support the agriculture sector and farming population. The market failure and welfare rationale for government intervention is contrasted with government failures. In addition to the normative analysis, the paper presents empirical evidence on the level of public agricultural expenditure based on cross-country data with...
This article presents problems in agrarian transformations, especially related to the number and area structure of farms in Poland before accession into the European Union. It presents consecutive stages of agrarian transformations in the territory of Poland, starting from the period of partitions at the beginning of 20th century, till economic transformation and integration of Poland into the European...
The paper presents results of the research carried out among farm owners in Wielkopolskie voivodeship referring to selected features of social capital. The author identifies and estimates impact of some socio-professional factors on social capital quality and derives statistical conclusion. As a result there is a list of economic policy measures facilitating rural areas development in this aspect...
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