Selected factors influence on the changes in agriculture in middle-eastern Poland

Abstract

The present paper discusses the area structure of surveyed households and their structure of use as well as the structure of the crop. The survey referred to farmers owning family farms with an area of over 4 hectares of agricultural land. 206 surveyed farms (36 in Lublin province, 63 in the Mazowieckie and 107 in the Podlasie) were analized. To analyze the results of the research, the tabular – descriptive, comparative and statistical methods were used. The survey showed an improvement of the area structure of economic-agricultural holdings in central-eastern Poland. The most favorable changes in the structure occurred in the Mazowieckie and Podlaskie districts, which are characterized by high (over 40%) share of large-scale farms ranging from 20 to 50 hectares. A preferred development is decreasing unemployment among the rural population of the region and the farmers’ interest in keeping accounting records related to agricultural production.