The problem of employment in the agricultural sector has been brought up. A triple division of the working population between three main sectors in Poland has been introduced, pointing at changes in employment in the last few years. An analysis of statistical data allowed for observation of a...

The article describes one of the important problems related to labor migrations, especially in regard to peripheral regions suffering from a considerable civilization gap, i.e. the phenomenon of the so-called “brain drain”. It affects both graduates and young people who, at the start of...

In the article one presented changes in the resource allocation of the land and the agricultural labour in 30 countries. One paid attention on the differentiation in these processes in countries. We presented dominant processes and curiosities. One evidenced the meaning of the financial support...

A fifth of employed nonmetropolitan household heads engaged in intercounty job commuting in 1975 Such commuting was positively associated with income, but not with education Only a sixth of recent migrants to nonmetro communities from metro areas continued work at metro jobs, indicating a...

This paper attempts to describe and study in detail the evolution of urban and rural dietary patterns in Greece during the period 1957-2008, in terms of natural and technical features. Natural features refer to the consumption of animal versus plant products, while technical features pertain to...

The purpose of this paper is an attempt of showing the role of the quality features of labour resources as a factor which diversifies the level of farm income. Such features as age, sex and the education level of person managing the farm were taken into consideration in the analysis. The average...

This article presents the role of private enterprises in the global economy. It is argued that private enterprises are being managed by values and that it is a factor which has an important influence on good relationships with stakeholders and helps in achievieng better economic results. /...

An increasing importance of grain quality in the world cereal markets, especially in the European Union, is observed. An appropriate application of pesticides enables to obtain a high yield of good quality. The aim of the study was an estimation of plant protection costs and of the profitability...