The paper attempts to contribute to the discussion of the agricultural support distribution in the framework of Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union. Author used European Commission statistics of direct payments to explore the distribution patterns across farm holdings in EU Member...

The main aim of the article was to present chosen aspects of the economic situation of individual farms’ sector in Poland as compared with the situation observed in the EU in 2000-2005. A special emphasis was put on the agrarian, productive and income situation in sector. Comparisons of Poland...

Allocation of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) funds for agricultural sector in the Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC) is presented. Volume of funds allocated per one farm, 1 hectare of agricultural land and 1 person employed in the analyzed sector is...

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the changes in the efficiency of Greek agriculture production in the period 1911-2011, and to estimate the trends that emerged, especially after the country joined the E.U. in 1981. The applied methodology uses both quantitative methods (econometric...

Swine breeding is a branch of agriculture with high level of development and traditional in Belarus. The problem of basic directions in development of swine breeding is examined in the paper. In conclusion the main reserves for growth of the economic efficiency of pork production are found in...

One of the most important date for the Visegrad Countries was year 2004, because of the accession to the EU. The four countries have to apply the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) which provides facilities for the farmers in form of direct payment, market measures, agricultural and rural...

Socio-economic differentiation, production potential and efficiency of production in agriculture in Polish and German regions were analysed in the article. It was affirmed that both Polish and German agriculture is characterized by a strong regional differentiation with regard to the indicators....

The paper presents an analysis of the impact of the EU enlargement in 2004 on the agricultural output and incomes of the EU Member States. The main aim of the study is to test the significance of difference of reaction to enlargement in three distinct groups of members, namely the st ‘old’...

State of implementation of sugar market reform in the EU and in Poland are presented. Desired effects in the form of reduction of sugar production are not satisfactory. Therefore raising compensation payments for giving up sugar beet cultivation are envisaged. / Synopsis. W pracy przedstawiono...

In the result of the EU enlargement not only a united legislative and economical body was formed on European basis, but also the support payments in many branches of economy in the new member states have increased substantially, including those in agriculture and rural development. A brief...