Economical potential of unutilised agricultural area in Poland. Scenario of crop production resumption, the first approximate evaluation

Rafał Pudełko, Małgorzata Kozak, Anna Jędrejek and Małgorzata Gałczyńska

No 281390, 167th Seminar, September 24-26, 2018, Pulawy, Poland from European Association of Agricultural Economists

Abstract: The study presents assessment of economic benefits possible to be obtained thanks to restoring agricultural production on fallowed/abandoned land located on arable parcels of medium-good and medium quality classes of land in Poland. Unused agricultural areas appeared in the 90s of XX century, after the political transformation. Currently, 1.3 million ha of arable land, 281 thousand ha of pastures and 39 thousand ha of orchards still remain uncultivated, which is 14.6% of total agricultural area. Modelling of potential benefits after restoring agricultural production was conducted by using spatial analysis in the scale of parcels. The main conclusions: (a) in Poland there are over 442.8 thousand ha of arable land which can be effectively restored to crop production, (b) after land use change of the mentioned area, a potential increase in cereal production by 5.94% is expected, which can be equivalent to 1.77 million tonnes of triticale, (c) besides, 1.59 million tonnes of straw can be produced for soil conservation, animal production and bioenergy purposes.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Land Economics/Use; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 11
Date: 2019-01-21
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.281390

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