The EU bioethanol market has irrevocably entered the new era inaugurated by the Biofuels Directive. Most of the governments have decided to introduce mandatory ethanol blending into fuels to demonstrate their continuing political support for renewable energy sources and to encourage industry to...

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...

The paper presents the state of the EU sugar market and the sugar beet market after the second year of their reform. The main purpose, i.e. reducing the sugar production by ca. 1/3 has been practically achieved. For Poland it means that from exporter our country, so far net exporter, will become...

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...

The article concentrates on the analysis of economic mechanisms of export subsidies, which are currently used in agricultural trade. They induce numerous negative effects, leading to an ineffective allocation of resources on an international scale. The agreement reached in the recent years...

The paper positions Polish agriculture on the background of agriculture in the EU(25) member states in years 2004-2005. The analysis has the aim of selecting its strengths and weaknesses and form a basis for constructing the strategy of its development in the integrating Union. The geographical...

The meat sector in Poland is the biggest one in the Polish food economy. A foremost place in the red meat branch, after pork production, occupies the beef production. The paper presents an analysis of the cattle production in Poland on the background of other European Union countries in 2005....

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...

In the article the state of foreign trade in meat products between Belarus and Poland is analyzed. Our countries for long years have been partners in this trade, first of all in pork products. However since March 2007 Belarus has ceased import purchases of Polish meat. In the article problems...