DESAGRARIZATION OF POLISH RURAL AREAS - ECONOMIC, ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS

• Authors: Musial W.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Desagrarization of rural areas defined on the background of economy is a gradual and long lasting process of diminishing economic importance of agriculture for national economy. Considering the land factor it denotes a general decrease in the area and share of ploughlands in the total area but also their extensification and abandoning (fallowing). It also means minimizing the importance of farming as the source of employment and income for rural inhabitants. Although it is a desired process and supported by agrarian policy stimulating progress in agriculture and rural inhabitants' lives, it also brings about many changes which may be negative. It poses diverse production, economic, ecological and social problems which denote decreasing the importance of farming as employment, it creates unemployment leading to economic stratification and pathology in rural areas. In the sphere of culture is brings about vanishing of traditional folk culture, rituals and traditions connected with agriculture, as well as regress of farmer's work ethos. In the field of ecology desagrarization means increase in woodiness, greater share of fallows and wastelands and uncontrolled changes in the landscape. Desagrarization involves changes of worldwide and historical character and the area of state intervention is limited to diminishing and delaying in time its negative outcomes.

Keywords

EN

AGRARIAN TRANSFORMATIONS; DESAGRARIZATION OF RURAL AREAS; STRUCTURAL CHANGES

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development, Polish Academy of Sciences; www.irwirpan.waw.pl
• Journal: Wieś i Rolnictwo
• Year: 2007
• Issue: 3(136)
• Pages: 29-44
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Musial W.

• W. Musial, Akademia Rolnicza w Krakowie, al. Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Kraków, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08PLAAAA04318391