Economic and Energy Efficiency of Farms in Poland

Marcin Wysokiński, Bogdan Klepacki, Piotr Gradziuk, Magdalena Golonko, Piotr Gołasa, Wioletta Bieńkowska-Gołasa, Barbara Gradziuk, Paulina Trębska, Aleksandra Lubańska, Danuta Guzal-Dec, Arkadiusz Weremczuk and Arkadiusz Gromada
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Marcin Wysokiński: Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Bogdan Klepacki: Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Magdalena Golonko: Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Piotr Gołasa: Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Wioletta Bieńkowska-Gołasa: Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Barbara Gradziuk: Poland Department of Management and Marketing, Faculty of Agrobioengineering, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 22-033 Lublin, Poland
Paulina Trębska: Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Aleksandra Lubańska: Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Danuta Guzal-Dec: Institute of Economics, Pope John Paul II State School of Higher Education in Biała Podlaska, 21-500 Biała Podlaska, Poland
Arkadiusz Weremczuk: Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Arkadiusz Gromada: Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 17, 1-21

Abstract: Climate change and negative environmental effects are results of a simplified understanding of management processes, i.e., assuming economic effects as the basis for development, without taking into account external costs. Economically efficient facilities are not always environmentally efficient. Due to the existing conflict of economic and environmental goals, it seems necessary to look for measures that would include both economic and environmental elements in their structure. The above doubts were the main reasons for undertaking this research. One of the important sectors of the economy accepted for research, where energy is an essential factor of production, is agriculture. Agricultural production is very diversified both in terms of inputs and final products. Depending on the production direction, the processes of conversion of energy accumulated in inputs into energy accumulated in commodity products have different natures and relationships. Taking into account the importance of agriculture in the national economy and the current environmental needs of the world, the types of farms generating energy surplus and those in which the surplus is the least cost-consuming were indicated. The research used the economic and energy efficiency index, which makes it possible to jointly assess technical and economic efficiency. Assuming the need to produce food with low energy consumption and a positive energy balance, it is reasonable to develop a support system for those farms showing the highest economic and energy efficiency indicators.

Keywords: agriculture; energy consumption; efficiency; farms; FADN (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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