The paper sums up the results of field research carried out in four regions of Poland. The aim of the conducted research was to gather and analyse the opinions of farmers on the continuation of farming in the new conditions (EU membership) in the agriculturally handicapped areas. The preservation of farming in the areas that are weaker due to their natural conditions constitutes one of the objectives of assistance to agriculture in these areas.
The authoress of the article describes the system of assistance to areas with unfavourable conditions that operates in Ireland, presenting the characteristic features of these areas and successive changes in their delimitation. The main part of the article is devoted to the presentation of the results of analyses and assessments of the described system of assistance to agriculture and rural areas contained in the Irish evaluation documents which take into account the instrument's compatibility with other measures envisaged by the Plan for the Development of Rural Areas, the degree of the system's contribution to the continuation of farming, the system's compatibility with the concept of sustainable husbandry, and the efficiency of administrative authorities.
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