The article presents the state of organic farming in the enlarged European Union (EU). It is important to emphasise the growing role of this kind of farming. In the period of years 1985-2006 the number of organic farms in the EU-27 member states has grown over 34 times and their area nearly 70...

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. /...

The phrase ‘rural areas’ mean not only the place for agricultural production and the living place of rural population, but also refer to all the traditions, landscape, environment and residents of these areas. Rural development is highly supported at the EU level and it helps to enhance the...

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...

In recent years, we observe an increase in the importance of organic production in the world. Until recently, this trend was observed only in highly developed countries now many producers of organic food comes from Asia and Africa. These changes have their base mainly on the demand for organic...

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...

In Europe, private forest owners have a key role in sustainable forests management, maintaining the productivity of forests and satisfy society's needs for wood. Private forests in Poland are 18.4% of the total forests area. They are characterized by high diversify, due to the size of the forest...

The article presents changes in the structure of total agricultural holdings and in individual agricultural holdings with the area exceeding 1 ha in years 2002 and 2010. Those changes resulted from the increased concentration of land in agricultural holdings with over 20 ha of arable land. The...

In this paper the problem of Status Quo and willingness to pay by inhabitants of Haute- Normandy region in France for reduction of risk of erosive runoff was researched. The paper is dedicated to the definition of the factors which influence people’s willingness and unwillingness to pay for...

This paper identifies and examines the changes which took place in Polish agriculture productivity as well as in other European Union countries in the period of 2000-2008. According to an EUROSTAT data analysis concerning land productivity in Poland, greater increases of land productivity...