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• Title:
  Area structure of organic farms in Poland – condition, changes, spatial diversity
• Creator:
  Wiśniewski, Łukasz;
  Biczkowski, Mirosław;
  Rudnicki, Roman;
  Wiśniewski, Paweł
• Description:
  The aim of the article is to assess the spatial diversity of the area structure of organic farms in Poland at the level of regions and communes, along with identifying the direction and pace of changes in 2012–2021. The basis for the study was data from the General Inspectorate of Trade Quality of Agricultural and Food Products (GIJHARS). Current trends and changes taking place in the size structure of organic farms are presented and described. It was found that their average area was 27.5 ha and varied at the regional level, from less than 15 ha in the province. Lublin, Lesser Poland and Podkarpackie, to over 40 ha in the Lower Silesia, Lubusz, Pomerania and West Pomerania. In the years 2012–2021, the average area of an organic farm in Poland increased by 2 ha (from 25.5 to 27.5 ha; an increase of 7.8 percentage points), i.e. 0.2 ha on average per year. It should be noted that in the same period, the average area of a traditional farm increased by 0.82 ha (from 10.38 to 11.20 ha in 2021; average annual increase – 0.09 ha), which indicates a much more intense growth rate of organic farms. It was found that the spatial arrangement of the processes of changes in the size structure of organic farms is very similar and constitutes an integral part of the size changes of all farms. However, a significant number of communes in which organic farms started or ended their operations in the organic production system during the period under study may indicate that organic farming is a phenomenon that is still developing its spatial structure. This, in turn, indicates the need for further research and monitoring of spatial phenomena related to organic farming, especially taking into account EU obligations and the increasing importance of this form of agricultural activity.;
  Celem artykułu jest ocena zróżnicowania przestrzennego struktury obszarowej gospodarstw ekologicznych w Polsce na poziomie regionów i gmin wraz z rozpoznaniem kierunku i tempa przemian w latach 2012–2021. Podstawę badania stanowiły dane z Głównego Inspektoratu Jakości Handlowej Artykułów Rolno-Spożywczych (GIJHARS). Przedstawiono i opisano aktualne trendy i zmiany zachodzące w strukturze wielkościowej gospodarstw ekologicznych. Stwierdzono, że ich przeciętna powierzchnia wynosi 27,5 ha i jest zróżnicowana na poziomie regionalnym, od poniżej 15 ha w województwach lubelskim, małopolskim i podkarpackim, do ponad 40 ha w dolnośląskim, lubuskim, pomorskim i zachodniopomorskim. Wykazano, że zróżnicowanie przestrzenne przeciętnej powierzchni gospodarstw ekologicznych oraz jej zmian jest zbieżne z sytuacją obserwowaną w gospodarstwach konwencjonalnych.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ;
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2024 Łukasz Wiśniewski, Mirosław Biczkowski, Roman Rudnicki, Paweł Wiśniewski
• Date:
  2024.06.06
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
  Artykuł naukowy
• Language:
  Polish
• Source:
  Rozwój Regionalny i Polityka Regionalna; Nr 69 (2024); 55-71;
  2957-1618;
  2353-1428
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/rrpr/article/view/43216/35980
• Subject:
  rolnictwo ekologiczne;
  struktura obszarowa;
  zróżnicowanie przestrzenne;
  Polska;
  organic farming;
  area structure;
  spatial diversity;
  Poland
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/rrpr/article/view/43216
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
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• Type:
  text