The study contains the results of questionnaire surveys conducted in the Pomeranian province after the first year of Polish membership in the European Union. The inspected farms varied in size, from 1.5 ha to 150 ha of agricultural land. Farmers of the Pomeranian province, being asked about the...

The paper presents a comparison of prospective financing of environmental protection based on support from the European sources in the programming period 2007-2013 with financing in years 2004-2006. There are special chances of realization the state ecological policy by means of the Regional...

The aim of this research was a presentation of the financial liquidity in the sector of agricultural farms in Poland and a comparison to these in the European Union. Data from the FADN database was mainly used. It enabled an analysis of the problem by country in the European Union in years...

The EU Common Agricultural Policy creates great opportunities for the areas of Eastern Poland, mainly by means of promoting a change of its orientation towards the development of its multifunctionality. These processes must be accompanied by an increase of GDP stimulating an increase in...

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...

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...

The purpose of this study is an attempt to show the influence of farm economic size on the quantity and quality features of the manpower resources. The valuation of the quantity features was based on the number of fully employed workers working on farm. To valuate the quality features of the...

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...

The article presents the main objectives of the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy after 2014 and assesses them from the point of view of Polish agriculture. It takes into account such issues as the level of the EU budget and its allocation for Poland, a new scheme of direct payments,...

The objective of the research is to compare the importance of agribusiness in the economies of the EU countries. The results suggest that the agribusiness share in national economy and its internal structure depends on the country’s level of economic development. In the better developed...