The aim of this study is an analysis of the equipment in productive factors in the new regions against the background of regions in the old EU countries, and also an analysis of equipment in labour force, land and capital depending on the economic size of a farm. The analysis indicated that the...

This scientific paper presents a consequent research of actual problems, trends and challenges in agricultural sector worldwide, in Europe and Latvia starting from global outlook and ending up with Latvian nationwide scale. The analysis of global and EU agricultural trends and problems has...

This article examines the role of agriculture in economic development in three Asian countries Japan, Korea, and Taiwan Agricultural output increased substantially and agricultural exports were achieved at the initial stage of economic development on Japan and Taiwan In Korea, however,...

The aim of analysis was attempt assessment two groups farms with field crops depending on balance of emission warming gases from soil. First group contained farms with negative balance of emission warming gases from soil while second group of farms contained farms with positive balance of...

The importance of evaluating different impacts of the EU accession has not decreased in the last decade. Some of the problems, such as the problems of competitiveness and effectiveness of the agricultural sector, or the delay in transformation of the payment scheme are still unsolved. The...

The purpose of this paper is an attempt of showing the role of qualitative features of labour resources as a factor which diversifies the level of strawberry harvesting productivity. Such features as age and sex of pickers, total number of picking days, age of plantation and harvest date and...

Human capital is an important element in shaping the competitiveness of business firms. The purpose of this study is an attempt to present the scope of impact of the quality characteristics of human capital on the economic performance of farms. The analysis covered the age, sex and education of...

The article presents changes in the structure of total agricultural holdings and in individual agricultural holdings with the area exceeding 1 ha in years 2002 and 2010. Those changes resulted from the increased concentration of land in agricultural holdings with over 20 ha of arable land. The...

The aim of the research was to analyze the level of profitability of pig farms characterized by different production systems: opened or closed. Analysis was made for all farms which produced 100 and more porkers per year and maintained accountancy within the Polish FADN in years 2004-2005. The...

The paper presented a short review of research on Total Factor Productivity (TFP) estimates at the global level and in the selected countries. Moreover, own study on TFP in the Polish farms during 2004-2012 based on FADN data was shown. The TFP measures were calculated for crops, milk, pigs and...