The aim of this paper is to present the abuses and irregularities which were identified in agriculture, processing industry and trade of ecological products in the Czech Republic. The analysis shows that the most common are the irregularities in labelling the products. Other often occurring...

The article presents an analysis of the structure of inputs, production and financial results in the economic size groups in a sample of farms from FADN 2004-2008. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the commercial farms management, depending on their economic size. /...

An increased volatility of agricultural products' prices, observed in recent years, has caused a greater exposure of market participants to the market risk. The main goal of this article is to estimate the volatility of price returns in the grain legumes grown in Poland and the ground soybean...

Price linkages between the Polish and foreign markets of grains and pork were investigated in the paper. The analysis indicates a decrease in price differences between the Polish and the EU markets and their increase between the Polish and the US markets. Causality tests and VAR models indicate...

The paper presents the brief information, based on literature, about the organic production of fruits in the world and in Poland. In order to assess the situation on the organic fruit market comparative analysis of the prices of apples and strawberries were presented. In the study the prices of...

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 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 article presents the most important changes that have occurred in the sugar sector in Poland from 2001/2002 until 2010/2011. During this period, sugar production fell by 4.9%, the number of factories from 76 to 18, the daily processing by 57.2% and the number of employees during the campaign...

The article performed the analysis of organic farms linkage to market and their marketability. The possibility assessment of organic farming production system developing in Poland in aspect of worldwide development tendencies and RDP 2014-2020 was also conducted. Analysis was conducted using CSO...

The purpose of the research was to analyse functioning of the fresh fruit market in Poland on the example of Grójec region, which is the main area of fruit production in the country, especially in the case of apple. The collected data showed that the sale of fresh fruit through intermediaries...