Polish fruit and vegetables producing sector is characterized by production fragmentation. In addition, poor technical facilities, minor use of modern technologies and the narrow application of marketing mean that producers are less competitive in the world market. A way to improve this...

The aim of the study was to analyze the changes in the Dutch floriculture in the years 2000-2011, which help in defining the future of Polish floriculture. The changes in land use in Dutch floriculture sector, as well as in particular branches have been studied. The total acreage, number of...

A high rate of development of horticultural production under cover was observed in Poland since 1993. However, economists were anxious about its future after our integration with the UE and the abolishment of tariff walls. The aim of the study was to verify those opinions. The changes in the...

Long term analyzes of the ornamental plants’ production and foreign trade in Poland during the last 15 years have been done to show the influence of our integration with UE on Polish floricultural production. It was found that in spite of the high tariffs the import of floricultural products...

The paper presents analyses of changes in direction and dynamics of Polish import and export of the ornamental nursery material in the years 2005-2011 as well as the turnover balance. Apart from the total turnovers these changes were investigated for particular groups of nursery plants separated...

Purpose of the study is an estimation of the trade quality of local fruit traded in the local market in the context of the EUrequirements. The estimation has been done for the primary market in the Lublin voivodeship. The study has shown that the analysed producers provide fruit of very...

A long term analysis of foreign trade in ornamental plants over the years 1996-2009 have been done in order to show the influence of Polish accession to the EU on Polish imports and exports. The direction and dynamics of changes, the structure of assortment, the trade balance, as well as changes...

The changes in the EU’s foreign trade in ornamental plants over the years 1995-2010 have been studied. The imports and exports values, structure of assortment and trade balance have been analyzed. It's geographic structure was analyzed in detail, by identifying the countries of plant origin...