Various factors can be used to evaluate agricultural production area. Fac-tors used in the common evaluation methods of agricultural area can be classified into two groups: natural and anthropogenic. Aim of this study is to present, the ex-isting evaluation methods of agricultural production area and the factors used for ist valorization. Factors which should currently be used in the evaluation of agri-cultural production area are proposed. ...
The aim of the study is to present the patchwork of fields as a factor which restricts the possibility of using agricultural land. The paper presents a review of Polish and foreign literature and identifies the existing limitations and benefits as-sociated with fragmentation of rural areas. It has been concluded that Polish pub-lications see the issue as a particular restriction in making full use of the agricul-tural potential, while foreign literature shows both sides of the problem - difficulties, but also benefits of such fragmentation. For researches method of analysis of literature. Its idea depends on proving authentity and new approach of the problem. ...
Small farms are all over the world, and their number is estimated about 85% of all households. The purpose of this paper is to determine the definition of a small farm. The article examines the domestic and foreign literature to determine the definition of a small farm. It was also the number of small farms in Poland, according to the adopted criteria and benefits of the occurrence of these farms. The study used the method of analysis of the literature and analysis was performed using statistical data from the Central Statistical Office. On the basis of the literature concluded that currently there is no one comprehensive definition of a small farm. ...
Rural areas account for a large part of the surface of the Polish. These areas are home to almost 39% of the population. In Poland, rural areas for many reasons often developed much more slowly than urban. They are largely neglected. This situation has improved significantly after the Polish accession to the EU and raising funds for the development of agriculture. These actions caused the rural areas began to grow much faster. Their structure has been corrected. This document presents a comparative analysis showing the changes that have occurred in these areas in Poland, Austria and the Czech Republic. The article also made reflections on the essence of the concept of rural areas. In the paper the method of logical analysis and narrative based on Polish and foreign literature. ...
EU aid funds enabled the municipalities to the realization of costly infrastructure investments to raise the standard of living, and hence their competitiveness. Implemented investments affect the socio-economic development, which is particularly evident in case of rural communities. It follows that EU assistance funds are an instrument of development policy, both in the regional and local levels. They will lead to a widening of the investment potential of the development of municipalities. Municipalities with different activity and effectiveness reach for the EU funds. Hence the purpose of this article is to attempt to find a relationship between the amount collected financial support for infrastructure investment and the level of socio-economic development of municipalities. The study included five rural municipalities located in three regions of Polish statistics (NUTS 1) - the northern, north-western and eastern. The analysis based on literature query, and using simple statistical methods. The study was conducted in several stages in the analysis of investment projects co-financed from EU funds, as well as the indicator showing synthetically socio-economic conditions of communities. The analysis of the relationship between the levels obtained the support of the EU and the socio-economic development was carried out using the Pearson correlation index. ...
Land consolidation projects are perfect tools for rural development. Land consolidation can be described as planned readjustment of land ownership patterns with the aim of creating larger and more rational land holdings. Other goals of land consolidation include infrastructural improvements and the implementation of developmental and environmental policies. Such activities have been implemented all over the world for many years. Owing to those experiences, we contribute to development of rural areas in an increasingly efficient way. Definition of innovation as well as features of the consolidation procedure and their individual character permit calling consolidation an agricultural innovation. Consolidation of agricultural land should be realized in the areas which have flaws in surface structure but which are willing to carry out the activity in their areas. The fact that the procedure of consolidation of agricultural land in Poland (financed from the European Union funds and the Budget) is free of charge should be encouraging. Is it possible to explain the spatial distribution of implemented consolidations? The study area covered Poland in general analyses, particularly the Lubelskie voivodship. The research employed the following methods: analysis and synthesis of the literature, field inventory, and research from the group of spatial-statistical approaches ...
The article presents the dynamics of socio-economic changes in the rural district of Krakow. For the purposes of analysis defined the phenomenon of socio-economic development with the help of variables clustered in four groups of information. Analyzes selected demographic factors, factors of an economic variables describing the social infrastructure and technical support. The analysis of changes in the analyzed period was based on the procedure for making typological delimitation of the communes of the district of Krakow and the municipalities homogeneous group. The values of the variables taken for analysis from sources of Official Statistics (GUS) from the years 2010-2014. As a result of the procedure typological defined types of municipalities homogeneous in terms of socio-economic conditions in the studied years, based on the selected diagnostic features. It presents the ranking of municipalities, and compared the dynamics of socio-economic development in the period in each rural district of Krakow. ...
