The aim of the paper is a comparison of production and economic results of two groups of agricultural holdings and a presentation of the role of EU subsidizing in shaping agricultural incomes of farms located in different environmental conditions. This analysis covers 9.6 thousand of...

This article is describing selected aspects of franchising and its implementation in the agricultural activity of farmers. A research showed that farmers belied in the possibility of success in agriculture, even though they do not know the specific form of cooperation such as franchising. The...

Presentation of the current state of organic agriculture in Poland is the aim of this article, its changes as well as prognoses for the farms using organic methods of production. The analysis was conducted using studies by GUS, IJHARS as well as statistical data from the Ministry of Agriculture...

Financial ratios in farms integrated in FADN system were analyzed in the paper. The farms were situated in the Mazowsze and Podlasie regions. A particular attention was paid to liquidity and debt ratios. The liquidity ratios achieved the highest value in small, average-small and average-big...

The article presents the economic performance and investment outlays recorded in the agricultural holdings participating in the Polish FADN. The aim of the paper is to evaluate and assess the differences in investment activity among the agricultural holdings of various types of farming. The...

Aim of this paper is to present the processes of land ownership concentration and intensification of cultivation in conventional agriculture on the environment in the West Pomeranian region. The result of research work is to show that the land ownership concentration process, escalating in...

Importance of bank credits in the structure of external sources of financing agriculture, in conditions of Polish membership in the European Union is analysed. The findings show that bank credits are continually the most important source of financing in agricultural farms. Farmers’ interest in...

The evaluation of technical efficiency of production has been a major issue of interest for economists since the 1950's. One of useful methods in that respect is Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) which facilitates estimation of production efficiency based on results obtained by a specific set of...

In the article the problem of diversifying the efficiency of the tangible and intangible resources of farm businesses as the way to achieving the good position on the EU and Word food market were presented. The role of relatively new resource was also emphasized. This new resource is the...

In the article the main tendencies of the development of agricultural formations in Ukraine are generalized. Types and groups of agricultural holdings are given. The system of management and the peculiarities in the functioning of some of the biggest agricultural holdings in Ukraine are...