Organic farming in Poland – conditions and directions of development

Wojciech Ziętara and Zofia Mirkowska

Village and Agriculture (Wieś i Rolnictwo), 2024, vol. 202, issue 01

Abstract: The development of organic farming is one of the priorities of the European Green Deal. The study presents the current status and directions of the development of organic farming in Poland. A significant problem is the difference between the growth rate of the number of farms and areas under organic crops and organic agricultural production used for food purposes. The development of organic farming was presented against the background of its development in the European Union. An intensive increase in the number and area of ​​organic farms occurred in the years 2005–2013. The second important feature was the development of this type of farm in regions (voivodeships and communes) characterized by worse natural production conditions. In addition, decisions to start organic production were made by farmers running farms not only in worse natural conditions, but also with a low level of production intensity. Significant differences were found between the share of organic crops in the area of ​​agricultural land and the share of organic production in total agricultural production, and especially its share in the balance of food products. It was also observed that the structure of crops in organic farms was favorable in terms of biodiversity and climate.

Keywords: Farm Management; Financial Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/345020/files/3_Zietara_Mirkowska.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:polvaa:345020

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.345020

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Village and Agriculture (Wieś i Rolnictwo) from Polish Academy of Sciences (IRWiR PAN), Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().