The article presents the functioning of social economy in rural areas based on a case study of social cooperatives. 14 units were characterized basing on a survey, which had declared their financial condition as good. According to the research a key role in this success plays a multiple business...

The article deals with the issues of direct farm payments scheme aimed at an equalization of their level between Polish producers and those in the EU-12 or EU-15 countries. Such politically based view has been recently propagated in Poland. An analytical, theoretical and empirical approach is...

The aim of the study is to find the answer to the question of how the Common Agricultural Policy aims to achieve optimality at the micro and macro levels, while taking into account social and environmental criteria. The authors wish to draw attention to the problem of ‘composition error’ in...

The level of earned incomes and renewal of fixed assets differed significantly among farms in the EU-25 group in years 2004-2006. The analysis of farms belonging to three biggest classes of economic size showed that abilities to self-finance reproduction, to reproduce fixed assets and to make...

The last important price changes within the food delivery chain caused a growth of food prices and a higher inflation rate. In the face of those circumstances the activities for improvement of food delivery chain have become very important, since it affects directly all citizens. The analysis...

The aim of the article is a discussion of the need and the possibilities of evaluating and measuring the effectiveness of agricultural policy with a special attention given to the CAP. The issue of the value added by agricultural expenditure generated by the CAP is raised. The evolution of the...

The paper deals with the future of direct payments system in the EU agriculture. Different scenarios of the current system adjustments, as proposed by the European Commission, are presented. Four possible scenarios are being discussed: An ‘EU flat rate’, a pragmatic approach, the use of...

Effects of changes in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) beyond 2013 and their impact on the position of EU agriculture in global markets ares discussed. The key questionarises as to whether the next CAP reform can support development of the EU agriculture in the long-term perspective. It was...

Today no country in the world can hope for achieving a sustainable competitiveness of the national economic complex and, consequently, for its bright future, without its successful adaptation to the market management conditions. The article deals with the problems of a respective agrarian sector...