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POLAND • Covered area 312000 sq km • It occupies 3 per cent of Europe’s territory • Good geographical situation, in Central Europe on the crossing of merchant routes • With population of ca. 38 mln. people • Population density 110 persons per sq km
Wrocław (polish language) Vratislavia / Budorgis (latin language) Brassel (dialect Silesia) Vratislav / Vroclav (czech language) Boroszlo (hungarian language)
Wroclaw • Capital City of Lower Silesia (south-west region of Poland), • With population of ca. 700 000 people • Major academic centre with universities and colleges • About 120 000 students every year
Labor force 17.26 million • agriculture: 16.1% • industry: 29.0% • services: 54.9%
Farming Agricultural
Percentage of land belonging on different type of farm (by size groups) Farm group (ha)
The biggest crops [t/ha]: Cereal: Vegetable: Wheat 3.8 Cabbage 40.5 Rye 2.4 Onion 20.5 Barley 3.0 Carrot 29.0 Oat 2.3 Triticale 3.3
Biggestcrops of fruit [thousands t]: • apple 2 830 • cherry 201 • plums 113 • black and redberry 196 • raspberry 81 • strawberry 20
Structure of age farmers: 18-29 years old 10% 30-39 years old 23% 40-54 years old 47% 55-65 years old 14% > 65 years old 6%
Advantages polish agriculture: • polish agriculturae area is 1/5 all agriculture area in UE • Poland has one of the richest varieties biological species and natural seats in UE • Poland is on the first place in wheat production • in Poland is extensive system of agriculture • very good quality of rural products • some of the farmers establish agrotouristic farms with traditional, ecology kind manage farm
Problems of rural area • Bad infrastructure, poor social and cultural development • Low farmer level education • Monoproduction in some regions and, high percentage of farmers with the income only from farming, • Difficulties with finding employment in non-agricultural sectors
Limited access to extension services • Low activity of farmers (rural residents) in social and cultural life • Hidden and registred unemployment • Low income resulting in limited demand for goods and non-agricultural services
Low impact of institiutions and organisations supporting the development of rural areas • Marginal attention focused to the cultural heritage
Problems of Polish Farming • Small-sized farms (< 8 ha) • Unsatisfactory organisation of the agri-cultural market and food chain links
Underinvestment of farms • Low farmers qualifications in production technologies, marketing and management • Poor self-organisation of farmers
Cattle stock (x1000) Cattle (others) Cows
Forage crop structure (thousand ha) Maize Grasses Legumes Roots