The paper takes up one of key aspects of land management - land consolidation. This process is of particular significance in Poland, as despite over hundred years of consolidations, the needs in this area are still very high and even increasing since accession to the European Union. Land consolidation aims to reach effective use of arable land, decrease costs of farms, reduce potential spatial, environemental and social conflicts and stimulate development of functions of land. Assessment of this process requires to pay attention to both legal and economic instruments applied for land consolidation. The aim of this paper is to identify legal and economic instruments used in Poland in land consolidation processes as well as their effects. For analysis purposes authors consider respective legislation, statistical data, program documents and reports on structural funds implementation. Considerations in the paper indicate that despite ordering regulations and providing significant funds for land consolidation activities in agriculture and rural areas development programs, these actions meet only a small fracture of existing needs. Results of the paper are based on the research tasks of the Jean Monnet Networks project No. 564651-EPP-1-2015-1-SK- EPPJMO-NETWORK “Sustainable Land Management Network”.
Processes of transformation of economic system in Poland and accession to the European Union resulted in the changes in agrarian structure. Such changes were tended towards increase of level of economic activity of farms, however, other processes as decrease of number of farms and polarization of structure occurred in brighter extent. The aim of the study is to present changes in agrarian structure in Poland after accession to the European Union. Authors use statistical data, scientific and professional literature, reports of research institutes for the analysis. The analysis also is performed at regional level taking into account new definition of farm offered by the Central Statistical Office in Poland what provides new insight in the issue. Research results indicate that changes in agrarian structure differ across regions. In general, significant transformations in the structure of land use in Polish farms may be observed, particularly changes in scale of land use. The smallest farms were eliminated from economic environment, while medium-sized holdings became stronger. From the competitiveness standpoint, this change is beneficial. However, negative result may also be observed, i.e. increase in patchiness of fields what worsen spatial structure of lands. Results of the paper are based on the research tasks of the Jean Monnet Networks project No. 564651-EPP-1-2015-1-SK-EPPJMO-NETWORK “Sustainable Land Management Network”.
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