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As many as 50 farmers, inhabitants of Dziemiany commune who were involved in trainings organized by Pomorski Centre of Agricultural Extension in Lubań (PODR), took part in surveys conducted in February 2016. Also, an interview was carried out with an agricultural-community counselor of PODR in Lubań. In the opinion of most respondents the main profits from implementation of environment protection program included: obtainment of financial means for the farm development and protection of the environment. Too big bureaucracy and changes in regulations while implementing programs as well as difficulties with qualification for the program were indicated as the biggest setbacks. The majority of respondents were of the opinion that the programs had a positive influence on the environment, however, not as much as they should. Use of the packages brought real profits, according to most farmers, or they merely compensated their own costs connected with adjustment to a given program. According to the surveyed agricultural-community counselor, farmers treated the programs as an additional source of income. Comparing current financing with the previous one it was found that the terms proposed to farmers become less profitable though were characterized by higher requirements. It resulted in reduction in the number of farmers interested in implementation of these programs. Therefore, many of those who participated in PROW 2007-2013, did not decide to take part in PROW 2014-2020.
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This paper is devoted for agricultural producers groups: its roots, formation and financing from the EU budget. There is a huge analysis of the groups functioning in Poland, especially in podlasie district. The authoresses present main problems connected with groups functioning and analyze their origins. The examination is based on questionnaire studies and their description. The main aim of this thesis is to present this institution and main barriers of their development in Poland.
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The complex of the Polish society's views on the subject of agriculture is marked by ideology. The place that rural areas, agriculture and persons working in agriculture occupy in social awareness is far more important than the role that agriculture plays in the generation of GDP or in the incomes of farmers' families. In the light of nation-wide representative surveys, views concerning agriculture are incoherent, naive and often false. On one hand, these views reflect the feeling that harm was done to agriculture and farmers in the more and less distant past and is being done also in the present situation and, on the other hand, they reflect the tendency to overestimate the role of agriculture, the conditions existing in agriculture (such as the quality of soils and qualifications of farmers) and the results achieved in agriculture (high labour productivity, ecological products). They also reflect the prevalent conviction that agriculture may be the locomotive of Poland's economic development. The ideologically-marked and emotional approach of the Polish people to the problems of agriculture can be attributed to many factors: the rural roots of the Polish society, the fact that agriculture has become a 'dressing for the wounds' of Polish transformation, which eases unemployment and poverty, and to the information campaign preceding the referendum on accession to the EU, which concentrated chiefly on agriculture. The favourable changes in the picture of Polish agriculture have occurred also under the influence of its environmental, social and cultural functions.
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Considerations on assessing the dynamics of expenditure, which are directed from the national budget and EU, their proportions and selected interdependencies occurring in the implementation of agricultural policy in Poland in the long run, ie in 1996- -2012 (17 years) in the period before and after accession to the EU are discussed. The study is carried out at several levels. One of them assesses the relationship of expenditure on the agricultural sector relative to total budgetary expenditure. The authors also present share expenses with funds from the EU's total budget in Polish agriculture, which allowed to determine the relationship between the EU and national funding budgetary objectives in agricultural policy in Poland. Based on these observations it was possible to determine the status of the agricultural budget in the light of the national budget before and after accession to the EU.
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Th e objective of this article is familiarisation with the issues relating to agricultural development in Poland and its perspectives for the future. A trial to assess the development of the Polish agricultural areas has been made five years after the accession to the European Union. The analysis has been performed on the basis of the data from Economical Accounts for Agriculture (EAA), the Central Statistical Office (GUS) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MRiRW). Chosen data on income and subsidies in the farm sector in Poland between 2003 and 2008 have been quoted. The analysis of the statistical data shows that farmers’ income after the Poland’s accession to the EU has risen nearly twice but the financial situation of people living in the agricultural areas is still very diversified. Their income has increased thanks to the EU direct subsidies. The integration between Poland and the European Union has created additional opportunities for growth in the food and agriculture sector. For five years of the Polish membership in the EU the export of farm and food products has nearly tripled.
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For some time, the focus of the empirical analysis has been oriented towards sectors linked to the so-called New Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0). Nevertheless, the agriculture will always be one of the important sectors in each national economy. It is also a sector that underwent many extensive structural changes in the last two decades. The aim of our paper is to look in closer details on various indicators for this sector, notably its current position, its economic linkages to other domestic or foreign industries or generated effects on employment or value added. Our analysis is based on the input-output methodology. The results confirm overall weakening of the domestic linkages, especially on the demand side, and strengthening of the import flows. Also from a supply side point of view, the importance of agriculture as a supplier to other sectors is declining. The agricultural sector has also been losing strength in job creation. However, in terms of value added and gross product value indicators, our results confirm the important role of agriculture in the Slovak economy.
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Professional knowledge management becomes nowadays a key factor of successful running a farm business. The following article focuses on ways of gathering professional knowledge by modern farmers and its sources as well as on the ways of this knowledge functioning in agriculture. The author concentrates on the ineffectiveness of farmer trainings, collective and local character of agricultural knowledge as well as discusses farmers' traditionalism in their certain activities. The paper is based on the material gathered by the author during her long-lasting ethnographic research conducted from 2004 to 2007 in villages of Zambrów county.
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This paper deals with the estimation of a random coefficient model. The virtue of this approach is that it considers farm heterogeneity, which conventional SFA models do not. When the model is applied to Polish farms, the results indicate that the conventional random and fixed effect models overestimate the inefficiency score. In addition, the reasons for inefficiency are analyzed. It is shown that despite the fragmentation of the Polish agriculture, there is no evidence for scale inefficiency. Moreover, inefficiency could partly be attributed to factors, which affect the management input and requirements on farms.
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The present paper discusses the processes of servitisation of modern economies. Presented is the nature of the process, its theoretical underpinnings, and the basic aspects of the relation between servitisation and optimalisation of economic structure, as well as the optimum relationship among particular sectors of the economy. The author stresses that servitisation should not happen to the detriment of the other economic sectors.
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The aim of this article is to identify risk factors in terms of holistic activities occurring in the agricultural enterprises and to identify determinants defining the specificity of these factors. As a result of this research in agricultural enterprises the list of selected potential risk factors and specified the main criteria for determining their specificity are defined.
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The paper represents an attempt at assessment of the direct subsidies influence on changes at farms. The questionnaire-based surveys covered 118 farmers from Warmińsko-Mazurskie voivodship (the districts of Bartoszyce, Ełk and Mrągowo). The financial aid in the form of direct subsidies improved the financial standing of farms. The majority of the respondents declared that direct subsidies contributed to a slight improvement of the financial standing (48%). Some farmers surveyed (36%) have not noticed any change concerning improvement of their financial standing while the smallest percentage of the respondents declared that as a consequence of receiving direct subsidies their financial standing improved significantly (16%); the highest share of respondents indicating that was recorded in Bartoszyce district representing 25% of the respondents from that district. In small size farms the direct subsidies were allocated mainly to financing the current expenditures. In case of farms up to 5 ha that was over 80%. In case of verification of the allocation of the direct subsidies for development of the farm, purchase of land or means of production the following correlation was visible: the larger the area of the farm the larger the allocation of direct subsidies to investments.
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Public administration tasks for the protection of agricultural and forest land in Poland include the implementation of a universally binding law. In this way, a new reality is shaped in agriculture and rural areas, implementing standards of the European Union into the Polish reality. This applies especially in reference to the protection of the environment and complying with the intended use of agricultural and forest land.
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The article presents various levels of debt and investment activity observed both in the Wielkopolska and Silesia regions farms. It was proved that in the area of the analysed parameters, the best performance was observed in types C and H. These groups showed the highest effectiveness of their activity in cooperation with financial institutions. Questions connected with economic calculation should not be neglected, because a disparity between the value of production and profitability of the business was noticed, which may have an adverse impact on the debt level of individual farms.
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On the basis of the existing knowledge and statistics from Eurostat and FADN the article confirms the thesis that the diversity of farming conditions in the EU is an objective fact, and thus unequal rates of direct payments are the consequence thereof. This allows to consider such a system as a fair one, which does not undermine equal competition in the Community’s agriculture. Moreover, the paper presents different proposals of awarding direct payments based on objective criteria stressing, at the same time, that it is a very difficult task since at some point the criteria have to be weighted considering social and political terms. It was also considered to determine the rates of direct payments per a person fully employed in agriculture instead of per 1 ha. However, such a change would not improve the income situation of countries, where employment in agriculture is high in absolute and relative terms. This group includes e.g. Poland.
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The aim of the study was to produce quantitative estimates of greenhouse gas emissions (CH4, N2O and CO2) from agriculture and their spatial allocation within the country. The main source material for the study was the GUS electronic database (2009-2001). To calculate emissions original EMKAL1 program was used. The calculation algorithms in the program were based on the IPCC methodology. The mean, annual greenhouse gas emission from agriculture was 27.7 mln t CO2 eq. Emission originated in animal production was markedly higher (63,3%) than in plant production (36,7%). The biggest emitter was the cattle husbandry (81.1%), while pig production constituted only 13.9%, and the other animal species – 5.0%. Emission showed a high spatial variability. The highest total emission occurred in Podlaskie Voivodship, followed by Kujawsko-pomorskie, Wielkopolskie and Łódzkie Voivodships, while the lowest emission in Zachodnio-pomorskie and Podkarpackie Voivodships. Spatial distribution of emission is linked to a stocking rate and a structure as well as directions of animal and plant production, together with their intensity. Study results indicate the direction towards mitigation measures in agriculture to achieve emission reduction.
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The author discusses the definitions and meaning of two notions - human factor and social capital. Making a reference to the hitherto studies and analyses the author formulates a thesis that the role of these factors is gaining in significance in step with the general socio-economic development. Emphasis is laid in the article on the assessment of the present state and future role of these factors in the development of agriculture and rural areas in Poland. Attention is drawn to the main shortcomings and needs relating to quality improvement and increased influence of the discussed factors in the process of integration. In the conclusion of his article the author states that a considerable inflow of financial means as well as structural and administrative changes will not produce full possible advantages unless a radical improvement is achieved in the sphere of quality and creative participation of individuals and social capital.
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Ukraine has great possibilities for developing agricultural production, which it owes largely to favorable natural conditions, including fertile, predominantly black, soils, and climate conducive to farming in most of its regions. At present, however, the Ukrainian economy and, especially, agriculture are in the period of emerging from a deep and protracted crisis connected with problems posed by the implementation of the process of systemic transformation and reconstruction of Ukraine's statehood. The level of agricultural production - especially of animal production, is still lower than it was before the start of systemic transformation. Systemic changes in agriculture have not produced the expected results. Huge transfers of arable land from collective to private farms have significantly lowered its productivity. The level of food consumption in Ukraine is very low, far lower than the consumption's rational norms. However, in recent years – especially in the years of bumper crops, Ukraine has become a large exporter of grain, oil plants and oil, which suggests that despite the continuing shortage of capital the country is slowly coming out of the deep crisis. In this context it is important to ask whether Ukrainian agriculture is able to achieve shortly a significant growth in production and to become a major exporter of food and agricultural products. An answer to this question is also important from the point of view of development possibilities of Polish agriculture.
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The article deals with changes of relations between the small town of Nové Dvory near Kutná Hora and the surrounding rural landscape. Nové Dvory is an example of a serf town, an administrative and eco-nomic centre of the estate which has always been closely linked with its economic background. The purpose of the article was to describe the process which was typical of a number of rural villages in Bohemia and Moravia.
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The objective of the study was to assess the economics effects of the dairy policy reform sanctioned by CAP Health Check on the agricultural market in Poland. The paper presents a theoretical study of the production control program as well as a model based quantitative analysis of the implications of the reform on the agricultural markets. The partial equilibrium model AGMEMOD was used for simulation. The results obtained indicate that the expansion and subsequently the elimination of milk quota system lead to the growth of milk production and consumption in Poland which confirms the hypothesis derived from theoretical study. As a consequence, the growth of the production of most of dairy products and the decrease of their prices is expected. As the growth of dairy consumption is smaller than the growth of milk production the increase of self-sufficiency in the dairy market is predicted. The comparison of the scale of price adjustment resulting from the dairy reform to the market price changes observed recently leads to the conclusion that global market factors will probably be more important for the future development of milk production and prices in Poland than the milk quota abolition. Nevertheless, the reform constitutes a significant change in business conditions for producers and consumers of milk and dairy products. As a consequence, milk production will become more market based, as far as market prices, production costs and milk yields are concerned. Simulation results from the AGMEMOD model confirm the opinion brought by other authors that the abolition of milk quotas will lead to the decline of dairy farmer income. The main beneficiaries of the reform would become the consumers who could take advantage of the decline in prices of the dairy products.
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The essence and types of effectiveness were presented in the article. The author focused first of all on the economic effectiveness and distinguished its micro and macro-economic and social levels. The complicated character of measuring the elements of the effectiveness has been pointed out. The essence of ecological effectiveness has been presented as well. After having defined the above types of the effectiveness, the author discussed problems related to relationship between effectiveness and competitiveness, multi-functionality of agriculture and its sustainable development.
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