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The article describes changes in the direction of production in economically small (2-16 ESU) individual farms. The analysis was based on data of Polish FADN from selected group of farms conducting accounting for agriculture in 2005-2007. The studies have shown that in this period, the proportion of surveyed farms directed for mixed production was around 50%, and for plant and animal production – was approximately 25%. The share of farms with mixed production was gradually decreasing, and the two subsequent – increasing (with a predominance of farms oriented for crop production). Also estimated that over 90% of households cultivated cereals, and about 70% – breeding of dairy cows, but the number of both groups was gradually decreasing.
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The current stage of socio-economic transformation of the Polish village is deepening existing spatial differentiation despite the fact that regional policy has the instruments to counteract this process. In other words, the existing instruments are not neutralising the tendency to increasing differentiation. On the other hand, one very important factor which may help to overcome this overall trend is the model of local governance, its continuity, the ability of local communities to organise themselves into various institutions which can act as partners for local self-governments (by verbalising their various group interests).
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The article presents the diversity in the socio-economic development of rural and urban areas in the River Drwęca Basin conditioned by the demography, history and geography of the region. The time span in question is from 1995 to 2007. In order to delimit the demographic changes the Perkal method was used, while the complex assessment of diversity in economic development was based on Hellwig's synthetic indicator called 'taxonomic method of diversity'. Regional diversity is visible in the following three areas: economic (increased spread of the entrepreneurship index), social (increased diversity in unemployment rate), spatial (in the income of boroughs and in the expenses per head) as well as in agriculture (due to diverse natural conditions and low level of both social and technical infrastructure). The paper also shows the new directions and chances for further development.
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This study presents development possibilities of villages located in the boroughs, which have more than 50% legal protected area of the whole area, because of it's great natural amenities. Agricultural production is main form of economic activities on this areas. This work presents possibilities of implementation of agri-enviromental programs and afforestation programs concerned low quality lands in farms situated on researching area. The paper considers also different forms of off-farm activities taking up by villages inhabitants especially tourism and agrotourism which are possible to keep according to environmental protection law.
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The paper presents the current state of and opportunities for developing non-agricultural entrepreneurship in the rural areas of the Świętokrzyskie voivodeship. Owing to interviews with rural entrepreneurs, conducted with the help of a questionnaire, materials have been collected which permit to characterize the personality and demographic features of individuals engaging in non-agricultural activity. The conducted investigations have made it possible to determine their motives for taking up economic activities and the benefits of engaging in such activities. Basing on the research results the author of the paper also defines the main factors stimulating and impeding the development of non-agricultural entrepreneurship in the rural areas of the region.
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The article contains opinions of the Włocławek district inhabitants about the renewable energy. Two research technic were used in the work: the source data analysis and public opinion poll (survey). The documentation analysis of the renewable energy sources was used in the first method. The data source was the district Prefecture in Włocławek. But the opinion polls were conducted in December and January of 2012 and 2013 among the Włocławek district citizens. The respondent group consisted of 88 people, but the questionnaire comprised 17 closed questions and a small poll certificate. The conducted investigations showed that between 2004 and 2012 in the area of the Włocławek district arised a great number of installations drawing energy from the renewable sources. Most of them are the wind power stations and the remainder includes water power stations, heat pumps and the biogas plant. The public opinion poll convinces that most inhabitants positively refer to the pro-ecological sources of energy in the district. Pollution decreasing, increased energy security and the local development were recognized by the residents as the main advantages resulting from, the renewable energy sources expansion. It can be stated, therefore, that the general attitude is positive. However, a part of residents expressed their fears, whether in reality the green energy development will influence the decreasing of energy prices and creation of new work places.
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The purpose of this paper is to determine the level of social and economic development of rural communes situated in the 'Green Lungs of Poland' region and to present a classification of these communes. The communes have been also divided into groups in accordance with the territorial criterion of the ecological network 'Natura 2000', which permits the authoress to analyse the internal structure of individual groups of communes in relation to the indicator of the level of advancement. Such approach to the problem has led to the formulation of the following general opinions: the level of social-economic advancement, development trends observable in the arrangement centre-peripheries; a high level of ratings of the economic situation is recorded by touristically attractive communes; a higher level of social development is the permanent feature of historical-ethnographic regions (e.g. Kurpie); the interdependence between the level of social development and the level of economic development is stronger in the group of communes with a large proportion of areas covered by the environmental protection network 'Natura 2000'; the class characterised by a low level of social-economic advancement has a higher share in the commuens with a small proporton of areas covered by the 'Natura 2000' network, and the class characerised by a high level of development has a greater share in the group of communes with a large proportion of areas covered by the 'Natura 2000' network.
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The 'Natura 2000' network constitutes an elementary form of the protection of natural resources, together with national parks, landscape parks and reserves. However, the implementation of this system has revealed some formal limitations to the development of non-agricultural economic activity although it certainly should be seen also as the source of potential benefits. The presentation of assessments and opinions on 'Natura 2000' formulated by local entrepreneurs operating in the 'Green Lungs of Poland' region can be treated as an introduction to the discussion on the network's role in the functioning of rural economy. The main aim of a survey that helped collect these opinions was to establish how well the notion 'Natura 2000' was known to entrepreneurs, and to learn what they thought about the potential advantages and threats posed by the influence of the 'Natura 2000' network on the development of communes, on the life of rural communities and non-agricultural economic activity.
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The purpose of this article is to determine how disabled people living in rural areas spend their leisure time. The basic method of gathering research material was diagnostic survey, in which the author’s questionnaire was used. The study was conducted in 2010. The material presented relates to the research group, made up of 800 people with disabilities living in rural areas of the Lublin province. It turned out that disabled people have 5–6 hours of leisure time a day, with women having more free time on weekdays, and men having more free time on holidays. Among the active forms of leisure both men and women prefer walking and practicing various forms of sport and recreation. Passive rest in both groups means listening to music, watching TV and using the computer and the Internet. Sports and recreation forms popular among both men and women include walking, cycling and gymnastics.
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The present policy for the development of rural areas is gradually evolving towards the concept of sustainable development as evidenced by the application of such instruments as farming-environmental programmes, afforestation programmes or assistance to regions where conditions for the development of economic activities are unfavourable. These instruments are advantageous to the development of rural areas that possess great natural values. The presence of many beautiful areas in Dolnoslaskie (Lower Silesia) province makes it a suitable venue for the development of agro-tourism and other ventures using the attractiveness of the local landscape.
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The analysis of the results of externally evaluated school tests in Poland leads to rather surprising conclusions. The educational gap between urban and rural areas is smaller than expected. In turn, one can observe significant differences in educational quality among the historically defined districts of Poland. Those differences tend to be stronger within rural areas than between cities. In general the average test scores achieved in Western and Northern Poland are lower than those of students in former Galicia and Kongresówka. The model presented in this article shows that family education is the major determinant of local educational quality. The importance of this factor is higher in urban environment than in rural areas, where school achievements are also influenced by the accessibility of school resources. The regional differentiation of educational quality may be in part explained by high unemployment and social pathologies in the areas that suffered from the collapse of large state owned farms in early 90's. However, even with corresponding variables included in the model, most of the interregional gap in school achievements remains unexplained, leaving open field for further research.
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The article is an attempt to assess a dependence between living conditions and socio-cultural and economic activity of the rural population in Opole Voivodship (Region) on the level of rural local administrative units. One may suppose that rural areas with high economic, social and cultural activity of population are likewise characterised by higher quality of life. An assumption that rural areas with a high activity level are represented by active local governments in even European as well as regional and local development initiatives was verified. The Regional Government of Opole Voivodship is implementing many initiatives aimed at social and entrepreneurship activation in rural areas (i.e. Villager Regeneration [Odnowa Wsi], Opole Region Rarities [Opolskie Specjały], LEADER Program, Opole Region Renewable Energy [Energia Odnawialna Opolszczyzny]) leading to significant improvement of quality of life for the rural population. Such actions at least partly may simplify the basis of the economic differentiation of the local social function and serve to strengthen regional and local bonds and identity.
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In recent years, extreme hydrological phenomena have been observed increasingly frequently in many European countries, including Poland. Efficient protection measures to reduce the occurrence of floods and their tragic consequences have been sought for years. One such solution is the efficient water policy pursued by the European Union, made up of a series of legal acts related to flood risks. The aim of the study is to present an overview of selected EU and national legal instruments concerning flood control in rural areas which are currently applied in Poland. The implementation of EU regulations makes it necessary for the member-states to amend many of the currently binding regulations relating to flood control, but also to adopt a number of new legal rules facilitating flood risk management.
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The European Union, which had been gradually becoming less agriculture-oriented, it also became troublingly more rural. In this new, more rural Europe, the population living in rural areas is now the majority (over 57 % in the EU-27). The development of the new Europe’s countryside has become a political objective aimed at achieving economic, social and territorial cohesion. However, the current EU rural policy 2007-2013 is inappropriate and insufficient, and should have been included in the new Cohesion Policy, which is multi-sectoral and territorial, and not in a basically sectoral agricultural policy like the CAP. In this context, the new proposal for rural development policies, presented by the European Commission in 2011, seems to have many wake points. In fact, “promoting social inclusion, poverty reduction and economic development in rural areas” are the sixth priority for the future European rural policy. Consequently, if the European policies have not made sufficient headway in the required direction, supplementary national and regional policies will have to be established.
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This article attempts to present and classify rural peripheral areas in Poland on the basis of their socio-economic structure. It identifies several characteristic features of the peripheral regions' development and demonstrates their importance for the formulation of local development strategies essentially based on internal factors (in accordance with the concept of endogenous development).
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The inhabitants of rural areas account for nearly 39% of the population of Poland. Because of the age structure and favourable reproduction factors, the demographic resources of villages form an important part of the total human capital of Poland. Every possible effort should be launched to make the most profitable use of these resources. The main form of the process of activation should be the multifunctional development of rural areas.
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Due to the specific problems of rural areas, the policy of stimulating entrepreneurship located in the countryside is becoming ever more important. The shaping of entrepreneurial attitudes and the introduction of assistance programmes for the already existing enterprises constitute the main factors of the development of entrepreneurship. Its understanding should not be confined to non-agricultural activities alone for it encompasses the modernisation of farms and the adoption by farmers of behaviour patterns which are typical for business activity. The system of incentives created by the pre-accession programme of assistance to agriculture and rural areas SAPARD fits this conceptual framework. An independent empirical research study was carried out to investigate the impact of this programme on the development of rural entrepreneurship. The last part of the paper deals with quantitative and qualitative changes in respect of stimulation of the development of rural entrepreneurship that have taken place in Poland after its accession to the European Union.
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The 'LEADER' programme evokes mixed reactions in Poland. Apart from enthusiastic opinions voices can be heard that the programme is too difficult and its implementation ought to be postponed. For some it means an occasion to acquire more funds from the European Union, whereas for others it means a chance for the emergence of a new grass-roots social movement that would complement in an essential way the activities of local governments. The real meaning of the programme for the Polish rural community will become known only in the coming years but the first twelve months of its formal implementation have yielded many suggestions and make it possible to draw some conclusions. The text describes the current and predicted position of the 'LEADER' programme in Europe and contains conclusions and recommendations concerning its implementation in Poland.
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Manufacturers and producers of regional products have very high capacity to take advantage of the existing market niche as far as the growing interest in food quality is concerned. It is a global trend and Polish producers have a huge opportunity here. The only need is to have a good promotion policy, and the consent and agreement among the producers and manufacturers of regional products. On the one hand, regional products can be a major tourist attraction and also a great way to promote rural development. On the other hand, thanks to the growth of tourism, it is possible to preserve traditional production methods even though they may not be very profitable. Tourists eagerly buy these products and treat it as a kind of proof of a visit in a particular place or country. Moreover, they evoke holiday memories, emotions, and the flavors of the countryside. Rural areas of Pomerania, which are culturally diversified with a rich tradition in history, are a great treasury of cultural resources. The aim of the presented study is to verify the hypothesis that regional product is a tool to promote tourism in rural areas of the voivodship.
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The paper presents the situation of persons with disabilities in Poland with special emphasis on.its legal, financial and employment aspects. The analysis focuses on the present condition but certain elements of the social situation of that particular group of people are described from the historical perspective, from the perspective of the past, present and future. References to legal regulations of these problems applied in the European Union also constitute the integral thread of the considerations shown in the paper. That approach enabled the presentation of tendencies and basic circumstances in the field as well as the presentation of the relatively complex evaluation of the protection of rights of the disabled. The paper discusses only some problems of the social environment of the disabled, but from the point of view of the author the most important ones. Their recognition was not an easy task due to multiplicity, diversity and variability with time of data characterizing the situation of the persons with disabilities. Equally important issues connected with their social and professional rehabilitation as well as prevention are also to be the subject of further interest.
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